User:Mervyn/Scratch8

List of abbreviations common in genealogy.


 * @ — at
 * &c — (Latin, et cætera) and also
 * * — born, birthdate
 * + — dead, deathdate, married to
 * a — acre, (Latin, ante) before
 * aas — (Latin, anno aetatis suae — Died in the year of (his/her) age
 * AB — Bachelor of Arts
 * abt — about
 * acc — according to
 * AD (Latin, anno domini — year after the birth of Christ
 * ads (Latin, ad sectam — at the suit of
 * admr — administrator
 * admx — administratrix
 * ae/aet — about the age of
 * ald — alderman
 * AM — Master of Arts, (Latin, anno mundi) year of the world, (Latin, ante meridiem) before noon
 * appon clam (Latin, apponit clamium) he/she stands by, joins, supports the claim
 * ar — (Latin, anno regni) — year of reign
 * AR — Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Frederick Weis
 * AR7 — AR above, Seventh Edition (current)
 * atty — attorney
 * B — baptized
 * b — born
 * BA — Bachelor of Arts
 * bapt — baptized
 * bart — baronet
 * BC — before Christ
 * BCE — before common era
 * bef — before
 * beq — bequest
 * bet — between
 * bk — book
 * bp — bishop; birthplace; baptized
 * br — brother
 * bro — brother
 * br-l — brother-in-law
 * bt — baronet
 * bur — buried
 * c — (Latin, circa) about, approximately; (Latin comitis count; copyright; century
 * ca — (Latin, circa) about
 * CAD — (English) Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds
 * capt — captain
 * CCR — (English) Calendar of Close Roles
 * cem — cemetery
 * cent — century
 * CG — Certified Genealogist
 * CE — common era, synonomous with AM
 * CFR — (English) Calendar of Fine Rolls
 * ch — church, chapel
 * chr — christened, Christian
 * CIM — (English) Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous
 * CIPM — (English) Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem
 * CPR — (English) Calendar of Patent Rolls
 * Cl. Cur — Clerk of the Court
 * co — county, company
 * cod — codicil
 * codd — codices
 * coh — co-heir
 * col — colonel, colored, colony
 * coll — college
 * CP — Compete Peerage, by G.E. Cokayne
 * CP & MR — (English) Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls
 * ct — court; count
 * cuz — cousin
 * d — died, daughter, days, British pence
 * dau — daughter
 * DB — deed book
 * dbn — (Latin, de bonis non) of no good
 * DD — Doctor of Divinity, minister
 * DDS — Domesday Descendents / Doctor of Dental Surgery
 * decd — deceased, dead
 * DFA — descent from antiquity (i.e., pre-medieval)
 * dist — distance, district
 * div — divorced, division
 * dn — deacon
 * do — (Latin, ditto) same
 * d/o — daughter of
 * DP — Domesday People, Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166 / Katherine Keats-Rohan, 1999.
 * dsp — (Latin, decessit sine prole) died without issue
 * dspl — (Latin, decessit sine prole legitima) died without legitimate issue
 * dspm — (Latin, decessit sine prole malus) died without sons
 * dspml — (Latin, decessit sine prole malus legitima) died without legitimate sons
 * dspms — (Latin, decessit sine prole malus suivre) died without surviving sons
 * dsps — (Latin, decessit sine prole suivre) died without surviving issue
 * dvm — (Latin, decessit vita matris) died in the lifetime of the mother
 * dvp — (Latin, decessit vita patris) died in the lifetime of the father
 * d.y — died young
 * e — ease, earl
 * ed — edition, editor
 * e.g. — (Latin exempli gratia) for example
 * eld — eldest
 * ES — Europäische Stammtafeln misp Europäische Stammtafelen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europäische_Stammtafeln
 * esq — esquire
 * et al (Latin, et alia — and others
 * etc — (Latin, et cætera) and also
 * ex — executor, executrix
 * exor — executor
 * extx — executrix
 * f — female, father
 * fam — family
 * fl — (Latin Floruit) flourished, living
 * f.m. (Latin feodum militis) knight's fee
 * FASG — Fellow of the American Society of Genealogy
 * FGS — family group sheet
 * FLT — Friendship, Love & Truth (on tombstones -- see also IOOF & IORM)
 * FO — Fidelity Oath
 * FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society
 * FSA — Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
 * GARD — acronym for Gateway Ancestor of Royal Descent
 * GCVO — (Knight or Dame) of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
 * GED — a GEDCOM file
 * GEDCOM — GEnealogical Data COMmunications program to transfer data
 * gen — general
 * gent — gentleman
 * h — husband
 * HF — handfast
 * HM — Her/His Majesty
 * i — island
 * ibm — (Latin, ibidem — same
 * IGI — International Genealogical Index
 * IOOF — International Order of Odd Fellows
 * IORM — Improved Order of Red Men
 * incl — including
 * inf — infant; infancy
 * int — intestate, without will
 * inv — inventory
 * ipm — (Latin, inquisition post mortem) an after-death inventory of one's holdings
 * jr — junior
 * j.m. — (Latin jure matris) in the right of one's mother
 * j.u. — (Latin jure uxoris) in the right of one's wife
 * k — killed, king
 * kt — Knight
 * KB — Knight of Bath
 * KG — Knight of the Garter
 * KT — Knight of the Thistle
 * ld — lord
 * LDS — an abbreviation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons.
 * leg — legacy, legatee
 * liv — living
 * LLB — Bachelor of Laws
 * LLD — Doctor of Laws
 * LLM — Master of Laws
 * lpms — (Latin, legitimatio per matrimonium subsequens — legitimisation by subsequent matrimony
 * lprp — (Latin, legitimatio per rescriptum principis — legitimisation by prince's rescript
 * lt — lieutenant
 * m — married, male, mother
 * MA — Master of Arts
 * MC — Member of Council (King's); Member of Congress
 * MD — Doctor of Medicine
 * md — married
 * maj — major
 * mi — mile
 * MIY — in Census, married in that year
 * n — north
 * n/a — not available, not applicable, unknown
 * nbr — neighbour
 * nd — no date
 * ng — not given
 * NN (Latin, nomen nescio — not named; name unknown
 * nr — near
 * nunc — nuncupative (oral) will
 * o — old
 * ob — Latin, obdormio - fell asleep — died
 * ob cælebs — (Latin) died a bachelor
 * occ — occupation
 * œt (Latin — of the age
 * O.S. — Old Style, as in Old Style Date
 * o/s — opposite side, as in grave recording
 * osp — (Latin, obiit sine prole) died without issue.
 * p (Latin, post — after; page
 * Pa — papers submitted, as in naturalization papers
 * par — parish
 * PhD — Doctor of Philosophy
 * pg — page
 * pp — pages
 * pr — proved a will; prince/princess
 * PRO — Public Records Office (British)
 * prsh — parish
 * P.S. — Patriotic Service
 * Q. — Queen
 * q.s. — (Latin, quod suivre — which follows
 * q.v. (Latin, quod vide — which see
 * rec — recorded a document
 * rel — relict
 * ren — renounced
 * res — residence/resided
 * Rev — The Reverend
 * s — south, son, (French sire) lord; English shilling
 * sgr — (French seigneur) lord
 * sic (Latin) thus, as written
 * s.j. — (Latin, suo jure in one's own right
 * sis — sister
 * s/o — son of
 * sp — (Latin, sine prole — without children
 * sp.bl — special bail
 * sp.impl — special imparlance
 * spf — (Latin, sine prole femina — without daughters
 * spl — (Latin, sine prole legitima — without legitimate issue
 * spm (Latin, sine prole mascula — without sons
 * sps (Latin, sine prole superstite — without surviving issue
 * spms (Latin, sine prole mascila superstite — without surviving sons
 * SSDI — Social Security Death Index
 * sr — senior
 * st — state, street
 * sur — surety
 * ten — tenant
 * terr — territory
 * test — witness
 * twp — township
 * ult — (Latin, ultimo) late
 * un — unknown
 * unk — unknown
 * unm — unmarried
 * ux — (Latin uxor) wife
 * vf — (Latin vita fratris — in the lifetime of his brother
 * viz — (Latin videlicet) namely
 * vm — (Latin vita matris — in the lifetime of his mother
 * vp — (Latin, vita patris — in the lifetime of his father
 * vs — (Latin, vita sororis — in the lifetime of his sister; (Latin, versus) as opposed to
 * vz — (Welsh, verch — daughter of
 * w — west, with, wife
 * wf — wife
 * wid — widow
 * wit — witness
 * w/o — wife of
 * x — married, Christ
 * yr — year, younger