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a. about, age, acre, ante, aunt a.a.r against all risks a.c. attested copy; account current a.l.s. autographed letter signed a.o. account of a.w.c. admon. (letters of administration) with will and codicil annexed ab. about; abbey abd. abdicated Abp. Archbishop abr. abridged; abridgment abs. abstract abstr. abstract abt. About AC Ante Christum; ancestor chart acad. academy acc. according to; account; accompanied acco. account accu. accurate ackd. acknowledged actg. acting AD [Latin] Anno Domino Ad Adopted; AdCl - Adopted Child; AdD - Adopted Daughter, etc. ADC Aide-de-Camp adj. adjoining; adjutant; adjourned adm. administration, administrator, admitted admin. administration, administrator admon. letters of administration ae age, aged af. affidavit aff. affidavit afft. affidavit aft. after AG Accredited Genealogist aka also known as, alias ald. alderman alleg. allegiance als alias anc. ancestry; ancestor; ancient annot. annotated ano. another anon. anonymous ant. antiquary; antonym antiq. antiquary; antiquities; antiquity; antiquarian Ap apprentice app apprentice; approximately; appendix; appointed appl. applied, application appr. appraisement apprd. apprised; appeared approx. approximately apptd. appointed appx. appendix ar. co. artillery company arr. arrived ascert. ascertain(ed) asgd. assigned asr. assessor assgn. assign, assignee assn. association asso. associated; associate assoc. association Asst assistant At attendant atba able to bear arms atty. attorney au. gold aud. auditor AWOL absent without leave
b. born; bondsman; banns; book; birth; bachelor; brother B.B. Bail Bond b.d. birth date b.i.l. brother-in-law B.M. Bench Mark; British Museum b.o.t.p. both of this parish B.S. in court records, Bill of Sale B.T. Bishop's Transcripts b/o brother of ba. bachelor; baptized bach. bachelor bap. baptized bapt. baptized Bboy bound boy Bcer birth certificate bd. bound; buried bdt. birth date bec. because; became bef. before beh. beheaded beq. bequest, bequeathed bet. between betw. between Bgirl bound girl biog. biography bish. bishop bks. books; barracks Bl brother-in-law bl. Bibliography BLW Bounty Land Warrant bndsmn. bondsman bo boarder bo bought; bottom bot. bought; bottom bp. baptized; birthplace bpl. birthplace bpt. baptized Br. British br. brother bro. brother bro-i-l brother-in-law btwn. between bur. Buried
C of A Coat of Arms c. cousin; circa; codicil c.r. church report c.s. copy signed ca. circa (about) Capt. captain capt. captured, captive catal. catalogue cath. cathedral CC County Clerk; county court, county commissioner; company commander CCP Court of Common Pleas CDIB Certified Degree of Indian Blood cem. cemetery cen. census cens. census cent. century cert. certificate, certified, certain cf. comfier CG Certified Genealogist ch. child; children; church; chief, chaplain ch/o child of Cha chamber maid chan. chancery chh. church chldn. children chn children chr. christened chris. christened chur. church cir. circa cit. citation (the work cited civ. civil CL continental line clk. clerk CO commanding officer; Colonial Office Co. county, company coh. co-heir Col. Colonel, colony coll. college; collections com. commissioner; commander; commentary; committee; common; commoner; communicate, companion comm. Commissioners comp. company confer. conferred conject. conjecture cont. continued contr. contract corp. corporal couns. counselor cous. cousin coven. covenant CRA Church Records Archives crn. corner crspd. correspond; correspondence CS Civil Service CSA Confederate States of America csn. cousin; cousins Ct. Court, citation; county
d. died; days; death; daughter d. & coh. daughter and coheirs d. & h. daughter and heiress d. um. died unmarried d.c.e. Writ of diem clausit extremum (he has closed his last day) d.s. document signed; died single: deaths; daughters d.s.p. decessit sine prole (died without issue) d.s.p. legit died without legitimate issue d.s.p.m. died without male issue d.v.p. decessit vitae patre (died in father's lifetime) d.y. died young d/o daughter of DA District Attorney da. daughter; day dau. daughter dau-I-l daughter-in-law daus. daughters DB Doomsday Book DC District of Columbia; Deputy Clerk; Deputy County Clerk DCG Descendants of Colonial Governors d'd. deceased Dea. Deacon deac. deacon dec. deceased dec'd deceased decd. deceased decis. decision degr. degree dep. deputy, deposed depos. deposed, deposition dept. department desc. descendant devis. devised dil. daughter-in-law dio. diocese dis. discharge discip. discipline dist. district div. divorce(d); divinity, division; divided; do. ditto doc document docum. document dom. domestic dpl death place DR Death Record; Diocesan Registry Dr. doctor; dram dsct. descendant dst. district dt. date dto. ditto dtr. daughter dt's. delirium tremens dum. died unmarried Buried
E. East or Eastern E.D. Enumeration District e.g. exempli gratia (for example) easi. easily ecux. executrix; a female executor ed. edited; edition; editor educ. education; educated Emp employee En engineer Eng. England, English Engl. England, English enl. enlisted eno. enough Ens. ensign ensu. ensuing est. estate, estimate; ;established estd. estimated et al and others et. vir. and husband etc. [Latin] etceteras; and so forth exec. executor, executed exox. executrix exs. executors exx. executrix Buried
f. father; female; folio; feast; feet; farm; following F.A. field artillery f.e. for example f.inl father-in-law f.m. free mulatto f.n. free Negro f/o father of fa. father FaH farm hand fam. family father-in-l father-in-law FaW farm worker fB family Bible ff. following (pages), foster father FF's First Families FGS Family Group Sheets Fi fireman fidel. fidelity f-i-l father-in-law fil. father-in-law FL father-in-law FM foster mother foll. following; followed FPC Free Person of Color freem. oath of freeman; freeman; freemen frm. oath of freeman Ft. fort; foot Buried
g. grand; great G.B. Great Britain g.r. grave record GA great aunt GAR Grand Army of the Republic gch. grandchildren gcl grandchildren GD granddaughter gdn. guardian GEDCOM GEnealogical Data COMmunication Gen. General (military) gen. generation, genealogy, general Gent. Gentleman (a title, not an adjective) gf. grandfather ggf. great grandfather ggm great grandmother GH Genealogical Helper giv. given; giving gm. grandmother Go governess godf. godfather godm. godmother Gov. Governor Govt Government GR Grave, gravestone gr. grant (as in land), granted; grand; great; graduate grf. grandfather grmo. grandmother grs. grandson GS gravestone; grandson Buried
h. husband ; heir; heiress H.C. Harvard College h/o husband of hdgrs. headquarters her. heraldry hers. herself Hh hired hand Hist. History, historical, historian Hon. Honorable (title, not an adjective) hon. dis. honorably discharged honor. honorary honora. honorably hund. hundred hus. husband husb. husband
I inmate i.e. id est (that is) i.p.m. Inquisition post mortem Ibid [Latin] ibidem; same (reference) Ibid. the same ign. ignorant illus. illustrated imp. importation inc. incorporated; incomplete incl. included; inclusive Ind. Indian, indictment Ind. Indians Ind. T. Indian Territory Ind. Ter Indian Territory Ind. W.C. Indian Widow's Certificate IND.S.C. Indian Survivors' Certificates inf. infant, information Inf. Infantry info. information inh. inherited inhab. inhabitant inq. inquiry ins. insert inst. instant; institute; institution int. interned, interest, marriage intention, interred inv. inventory
J.P. Justice of the Peace j.u. jure uxoris (right of wife) JA Judge Advocate Jr. junior (younger of two) jud judicial; judicious judic. judicial; judicious jun. Junior junr. junior jur. Latin] jurat; certification that a document was written by the person who signed it
k. killed K. King K.B. Knight of the Bath K.G. Knight of the Garter K.T. Knight of the Thistle (Scotland) kn. Known knt. knight kt. knight
l. license; law, or lodger l.e. local elder in a church l.p. local preacher la Laborer labr. laborer Lat. Latin Lau launderer lb. pound LBC Letter Book Copy ld. land ldr. leader li. lived; living lib. library lic. license Lieut. Lieutenant liv. living (alive), livery liv. abt. lived about ll. lines lnd. land loc. cit. loco citato (in the place cited) Lt. Lieutenant ltd. limited
m. married; marriage; month; male; mother M.G. Minister of the Gospel m.h. meeting house m.i. monument inscription m.o. mustered out M.P. Member of Parliament, Military Police m/1 married first m/2 married second mag. magistrate Maj. Major mak. making mat. maternal matric matriculated (entered and recorded at college or university) MD Doctor of Medicine; Middle Dutch md. married mem. member; membership; memorials; memoir ment. mentioned messrs. plural of mister Mex. S.C. Mexican Survivors' Certificates Mex. S.O. Mexican Survivor's Originals Mex. W.C. Mexican Widows' Certificate MHG Middle High German mi. mile; miles MIA Missing in Action mil military m-i-l mother-in-law milit. military min. minister m-in-l mother-in-law ML mother-in-law MLG Middle Low German MLW Military Land Warrant mo. month, mother mors. death; corpse mov. moved MR marriage record Mr. Mister Mrs. Mistress ms. manuscript mss. Manuscripts mtg. meeting; mortgage mvd. moved my/d my daughter
N. Negro; North n. nephew; name N.A. Native American, North America N.E. New England; North East N.N. not named (name unknown) n.p. no place N.S. New Style date (Gregorian calendar) N.W. North West n.x.n. no Christian name na. Naturalized nam. named nat. [Latin] natus; birth; son; offspring nd no date neph. nephew neph-i-l nephew-in-law nfi no further information nfk nothing further known Ni niece nm. name nmed. named not. noted NP Notary Public nr. near; none recorded; not recorded; naturalized Nu nurse nunc. nuncupative (oral, as opposed to written) NW. Terr. North West Territory NWC Navy Widow's Certificate
o. oath, officer O.B. Order Book o.c. only child O.E. Old England; Old English O.S. Old Style date (Julian calendar, used until 1752 in US) o.t.p. of this parish ob. obit obit. obituary occ. occupation, occuring offic. official offor. official oft. often OM Organized Militia op. cit. opere citato (the work cited above) ord. ordained; ordinance; order; ordinary org. organization orig. origin; original
p. page; per; populous; parentage; parents; pence, patient p.a. power of attorney P.C. Privy Council P.M. Post Meridian; afternoon; Post Mortem; after death; Police magistrate P.O. Post Office p.r. parish record Pa partner pam. pamphlet par. parent, parish pat. paternal, patriot (Revolutionary War service); patent; patented pchd. purchased PE Presiding Elder peo. people perh. perhaps petitn. petition petn. petition petr. petitioner pg. page ph. parish, physician PI Preliminary Inventories pion. pioneer PJP Probate Judge of the Peace PLB Poor Law Board plt. plaintiff POA Power of Attorney POE Port of Entry Por porter poss. possibly, possession pp. page, pages PPA per power of Attorney pr. proved; probated, prisoner preced. preceding pres. presumed, present PRO Public Record Office pro. probated or proved (as in a will) prob. probably, probate prop. property propr. proprietor (land owner) provis. provision PS patriotic service pt. point; port; petition; pint ptf. plaintiff Pu pupil pub. public; published (intent to marry made public); publisher; publication publ. published (intent to marry made public) pvt. private pymt. payment
q. [Latin] quarto; oversize book q.y. query
R. Range; Rabbi; River; Road r. rector; rex; rejected; river; road R.C. Roman Catholic rat. rated rcdr. recorder rcpt. receipt RD release of dower rights re. regarding rec. record, recorded ref. refer, reference reg. register Reg. Gen. Registrar General Regt. regiment rel. relative reld. relieved relecta widow relectus widower rel-i-l relative-in-law rem. removed (moved, left the area) ren. renunciation rep. report; representative; reprint; reprinted repl. replaced; replacement repud. repudiated res. resides, resided; residence; research ret. retired, returned Rev. Reverend, Revolutionary RG Registered Genealogist rgstr. registrar rinq. relinquished RIP [Latin] requiescat in pace; rest in peace Rom. Roman Rot. rotalus (Roll, Rolls) RR railroad
s. son(s)/ soldier; survivor; spinster; successor; shilling s. and h. son and heir s.a. sine anno (without year) s.d. sine die (without date), step-daughter S.E. South East s.p. [Latin] sine prole; without offspring s.p.l. [Latin] sine prole legitima; without legitimate offspring s.p.m. [Latin] sine prole mascula; without male offspring s.s. step-son s/o son of, sister Sa sailor Sal saleslady say used with a date indicating a great degree of uncertainty (adverb) Sb stepbrother scatt. scattering; scattered Scl step child s'd said [found in legal documents] Se servant sec. second; secretary; section; sector; security sen. senior (elder of two) serg. sergeant Sergt. sergeant serv. served, servant sett. settled, settler sev. several Sf stepfather Sgt. sergeant sh. Shortly; ship; share Si sister sib. Sibling s-i-l son-in-law, sister-in-law sin. [Latin] sine; without sis. Sister Sl son-in-law Sm stepmother sn. [Latin] sine; without SO Survivors' Originals soc. society; societies of sol. soldier spell. spelling; spelled spr. sponsor Sr. senior sr. senior src. source srnms. surnames st. saint; street Su superintendent suc. succeeded (followed) succ. successively, succession summ. summoned suo juris in his (her) right sup. supply; superior supt. superintendent surg. surgeon surv. survived sw. swear; sworn syl, syllable
t.p. title page t.p.m. title page mutilated t.p.w. title page wanting tak. taken Ten tenant terr. territory test. testament tho. though thot. thought thro. through tn. town; township top. topographical Tp. township tr. troop; translated; translation transcr. transcribed transl. translation treas. treasurer twn. town twp. township twp. township ty. territory
ult. ultimo (last month, as in on the 5th ult. unasgd. unassigned unc. uncle unit. uniting; united unk. unknown unkn. unknown unm. unmarried unorg. unorganized ux. uxor or uxoris, wife
v.a. [Latin] vixit annos; (s)he lived (a certain number) years V.L. Vulgar Latin v.m. Vita matris (during mother's life) v.p. Vita patris (during father's life) v.r. vital records v.s. vital statistics var. various; variation; variant Vi visitor vide see VIP Very Important Person Vis. Viscount; Viscountess Visc. Viscount; Viscountess vit. vital viz. [Latin] videlicet; namely vol. volume, volunteer (military) VR vital records vs. versus
w. wife; will; west; widow W.B. Will Book W.D. War Department W.O. Widow's Originals; Warrant Officer w.p. will probated; will proved W.S. Writer to the Signet w/o wife of, never widow of Wa warden wag. wagoner Wai waitress wd. widow; ward; warranty deed wf. wife wf/o wife of wh. who; which wid. widow wit. witness wk(s). week(s) Wkm workman wnt. wants Wt waiter wtn. witness ww. widow ww/o widow of wwr. widower versus
X a mark made by a person instead of a signature; Christ; Christian x ch. exchange Xn. Christian Xnty. Christianity Xped. Christened Xr. Christian Xt. Christ Xtian. Christian Xty. Christianity versus
y. young, year(s) yd. graveyard yeo yeoman yr. year