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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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