GENEALOGY ABBREVIATIONS

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a. ~ ante
abt. ~ about
ac. ~ acre
adj. ~ adjoining
adm. ~ administration, admitted
adm'r. ~ administration, administrator
ae ~ age, aged
Aff ~ affidavit
aft. ~ after
aka ~ also known as, alias
als ~ alias
app ~ appointed
appl. ~ applied, application
assgn. ~ assign, assignee
b. ~ born
bap. ~ baptized
BC ~ Broward County
bef. ~ before
beq. ~ bequest, bequeathed
betw. ~ between
biog ~ biography
b-i-l ~ brother-in-law
b/o ~ brother of
bk. ~ book
bp. ~ baptized, birth place
br. ~ brought, brother
bro. ~ brother
bur. ~ buried
c., ca. ~ circa (about)
capt. ~ captured, captive
Capt. ~ Captain
cem. ~ cemetery
cen. ~ census
cent. ~ century
cert. ~ certificate, certified, certain
ch. ~ child
CH ~ Courthouse
chn ~ children
chur. ~ church
chh. ~ church
cit. c~ itato (the work cited)
Co. ~ county, company
coh. ~ co-heir
Col.~ Colonel, Colony
crk. ~ creek
CS ~ Civil Service
CSA ~ Confederate States of America
Ct. ~ Court
d. ~ died, days
dau. ~ daughter
Dea. ~ Deacon
dec'd, decd. ~ deceased
dep. ~ deputy, deposed depos. deposed, deposition
div. ~ divorce(d), division
d/o ~ daughter of
do. ~ ditto
doc. ~ document
dpl ~ death place
DR ~ Death Record
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.y. ~ died young
dst. ~ district
e.g. ~ exempli gratia (for example)
enl. ~ enlisted
Ens. ~ Ensign
est. ~ estate, estimate
et al ~ and others
exec. ~ executor, executed
fam. ~ family
FB ~ family Bible
ff. ~ following
f-i-l ~ father-in-law
f/o ~ father of
FPC ~ Free Person of Color
fr. ~ from freem. oath of freeman
Ft. ~ Fort
g. ~ great
gen. ~ generation, genealogy, general
Gen. ~ General (military)
gf. ~ grandfather
ggf. ~ great grandfather
gm. ~ grandmother
ggm ~ great grandmother
Gov. ~ Governor
Govt ~ Government
gs ~ gravestone
h. ~ husband
Hist. ~ History, historical, historian
h/o ~ husband of
Hon. ~ Honorable (title, not an adjective)
husb. ~ husband
 i.e. ~ id est (that is)
i.p.m. ~ Inquisition post mortem
Ibid. ~ the same
Ind. ~ Indian, indictment
inf. ~ infant
Inf. ~ Infantry
info. ~ information
inst. ~ instant
int. ~ interned, interest, interred
inv. ~ inventory
J.P. ~ Justice of the Peace
Jr., jun. ~ junior (younger of two)
k. ~ killed
lic. ~ license
lnd. ~ land
Lt., Lieut. ~ Lieutenant
liv. ~ living (alive), livery
m., md. ~ married
m#1 ~ married first
m#2 ~ married second
Maj. ~ Major
mat. ~ maternal
ment. ~ mentioned
m-i-l ~ mother-in-law
mo. ~ month
MR ~ marriage record
ms., mss. ~ manuscript, manuscripts
mvd. ~ moved
nd ~ no date
nr. ~ near
nunc. ~ nuncupative (oral, as opposed to written)
obit. ~ obituary
occ. ~ occupation, occuring
ord. ~ ordained
p., pp. ~ page, pages
poss. ~ possibly, possession
pg. ~ page
pres. ~ presumed, present
pro. ~ probated or proved (as in a will)
prob. ~ probably, probate
propr. ~ proprietor (land owner)
pub., publ. ~ published (intent to marry made public)
R. ~ range
rec. ~ record, recorded
ref. ~ refer, reference
Regt. ~ Regiment
relecta ~ widow
relectus ~ widower
rep. ~ representative
rem. ~ removed (moved, left the area)
res. ~ resides, resided
ret. ~ retired, returned
Rev. ~ Reverend
Revol. ~ Revolutionary
Riv. ~ river
Sec. ~ section
Sr. ~ senior (elder of two)
Sergt., Sgt. ~ Sergeant
serv. ~ served, servant
sett. ~ settled, settler
sib. ~ sibling
s-i-l ~ son-in-law, sister-in-law
sis. ~ sister
s/o ~ son of, sister of
sol. ~ soldier
src. ~ source
s.s. ~ step-son
suc. ~ succeeded (followed)
succ. ~ successively, succession
summ. ~ summoned
surv. ~ survived
Terr. ~ territory
Twp. ~ township
ult. ~ ultimo (last month)
unc. ~ uncle
unk., unkn. ~ unknown
unm. ~ unmarried
ux. ~ uxor or uxoris, wife
v. d. ~ various dates
vide ~ see
vol. ~ volume, volunteer (military)
VR ~ vital record
w., wf. ~ wife
wid. ~ widow
wit. ~ witness
w/o ~ wife of, never widow of
wks. ~ weeks
wd ~ warranty deed
w.d. ~ will dated
w.p. ~ will approved
y. ~ young
yr. ~ year

   


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