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Abbreviations Used In Genealogical Research
Below are some abbreviations you may run across in your ancestral research, excerpted from Abbreviations & Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians, by Kip Sperry. (The Shops @ Ancestry.com)
| als - alias als/alsoe - "alius" (the second, also) anie - adopted niece av - "annos vixit" (he live [so many] years) ba/bach - bachelor B Boy - bound boy B Girl - bound girl bi-m - every two months Bmot - boarder's mother BorB - boarder's brother BorC - boarder's child BorD - boarder's daughter BorG - boarder's grandson BorN - boarder's niece BorS - boarder's son BorW - boarder's wife bq - "bene quiescat" (may he rest well) ca. - circa (approximately) Cantab - "Cantabrigiensis" (of Cambridge) CCBI - Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RL CGRS - Certified Genealogical Records Specialist (sm) (Board for Certification of Genealogists, P.O. Box 14291, Washington, DC 20044). One who has passed the rigorous tests administered in this specialty by BCG. (Formerly known as Certified Genealogical Records Searcher.) chan - (1) chancel (2) chancery chyd - churchyard Cmkr - cheesemaker dom - date of marriage dom - domicile dom/domc/Dom - domestic Dom - (1) "Dominica," Sunday (2) "dominus master" (used as a title) Drgns - Dragoons dunm - died unmarried dto - ditto dtr - (1) daughter (2) doctor dy - died young ead - "eadem" (in the same way) ed cit - "editio citata" (edition cited) |
farr - farrier FalD - father-in-law's daughter FaLS - father-in-law's son FaLW - father-in-law's wife FaMo - farmer's mother FHG - Fellow of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies Gren - Grenadier grs/o or gr/s/o - grandson of grv - grove Hsil - half sister-in-law ih - "iacet hic" (here lies) i/m - Indian male jn - (1) journeyman (2) journeymen Jn - John Ka or KIA - killed in action kn - known led - "ledig" (unmarried) minr - (1) milliner (2) minor nce - niece nfr - no further reference or record found ni - no issue OhR - Ohio River Overs - overseer(s) p/o - parents of q c - quit claim qv/QV - "quod vide" (refer to; which see) rcp - Roman Catholic priest rel/o - relict of roc - received on certificate s and h - son and heir sl/SL - (1) "sine loco" (without place) (2) slain (3) son-in-law tb - tuberculosis Td - "Tochter des," "Tochter der" (daughter of) tpm - title page mutilated U - (1) "ultimo" (last) (2) uncle (3) unstated ut sup - "ut supra" (as above) verl. - "verlobt" (engaged) vid. - "viduus," "vidua" (widower, widow) whsemn - warehouseman Wmst - workmistress XL - sister-in-law YM - Yearly Meeting (Quakers) Zeph - Zephaniah |