| a/k/a | also known as |
AB | Alberta (CAN) |
| ab | son of (W. preceding vowel names) |
ABA | American Bar Association |
| ABCFM | American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions |
ABD | Aberdeenshire (SCT) |
| abd | aboard |
AD | Anno Domini (year of the Lord) |
| ADC | aide-de-camp |
adm: | estate administrator application, named or undertaken |
| AF | Ancestry File (LDS) |
AFAIK | as far as is known |
| AG | Attorney General |
AGY | Anglesey (WLS) |
| ALD | Alderney (CHI) |
AMA | American Medical Association |
| ANS | Angus (SCT) |
ANS | Forfarshire (SCT) |
| ANT | Antrim (ULS) |
ap | son of (W. preceding consonental names) |
| AR7 | Weis's "Ancestral Roots" (7th ed.) |
ARL | Argyllshire (SCT) |
| ARM | Armagh (ULS) |
AS | Africa Star |
| ASC | Anglo-Saxon Chronicles |
BAN | Banffshire (SCT) |
| Bart | Baronet |
BC | British Columbia (CAN) |
| BCE | before Common Era |
BDF | Bedfordshire (ENG) |
| BEW | Berwickshire (SCT) |
BKM | Buckinghamshire (ENG) |
| BP | before present |
BP | Burke's "Peerage" |
| bp: | baptized |
BRE | Brecknockshire (WLS) |
| BRK | Berkshire (ENG) |
Bss | Baroness |
| Bt | Baronet |
btr: | betrothal |
| btw | between |
BTW | by the way |
| bur: | buried |
BUT | Buteshire (SCT) |
| BWM | British War Medal |
BYU | Brigham Young University |
| CAE | Cærnarvonshire (WLS) |
CAI | Caithness-shire (SCT) |
| CAM | Cambridgeshire (ENG) |
CAN | Canada |
| CAR | Carlow (IRL) |
CAV | Cavan (IRL) |
| CB | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
CBE | Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| CCN | Century Cyclopedia of Names |
Cdre | Commodore |
| CE | Common Era |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CGN | Cardiganshire (WLS) |
CH | Companion of Honour |
| CHI | Channel Isles (Great Britain) |
CHS | Cheshire (ENG) |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) |
CIE | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire |
| CLA | Clare (IRL) |
CLK | Clackmannanshire (SCT) |
| CMG | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
CMH | Cambridge Modern History; ~ Mediæval ~ |
| CMH | Congressional Medal of Honor (USA) |
CMN | Carmarthenshire (WLS) |
| CON | Cornwall (ENG) |
COR | Cork (IRL) |
| CP | Complete Peerage |
cr. | creation |
| CSA | Confederate States of America |
CSI | Companion of the Order of the Star of India |
| CSS | Cascaded Style Sheets |
Css | Countess |
| Ct | Count |
Cte | Compte (Fr. Count) |
| Cts | Comptes (Fr. Countess) |
CUL | Cumberland (ENG) |
| CVO | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
d.um | died unmarried |
| DA | District Attorney |
DAR | Daughters of the American Revolution |
| DBC | Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath |
DBE | Dame of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| DBY | Derbyshire (ENG) |
DCCBR | Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County (1897) |
| DCL | Doctor of Civil Laws |
DCMG | Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| DCVO | Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
DD | Doctor of Divinity |
| DEN | Denbighshire (WLS) |
DEU | Germany |
| DEV | Devonshire (ENG) |
DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross |
| DFS | Dumfriesshire (SCT) |
dist: | estate distribution |
| dld: | declared legally dead |
dlr | dealer |
| DM | Defence Medal |
DNB | Dunbartonshire (SCT) |
| DNK | Denmark |
dob | date of birth |
| dod | date of death |
DON | Donegal (IRL) |
| DOR | Dorset (ENG) |
DOW | a surname |
| DOW | Down (ULS) |
DPI | dots per inch |
| DSM | Distinguished Service Medal (USA) |
DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
| dsp: | decessit sine prole (died without issue) |
dspl: | died without legitimate issue |
| dspm: | died without surviving male issue |
dsps: | died without surviving issue |
| Dss | Duchess |
DST | Daylight Savings Time |
| DUB | Dublin (IRL) |
DUR | Durham (ENG) |
| dvm: | died in mother's lifetime |
dvp: | died in father's lifetime |
| dy: | died young |
EIC | East India Company (British) |
| ELN | East Lothian (SCT) |
en: | engagement |
| ENG | England, English |
ERY | YKS East Riding (ENG) |
| esp | especially |
esq | esquire |
| Esq | esquire |
Esq | Esquire (usually designating a lawyer) |
| ESS | Essex (ENG) |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Question(s) |
| fch | ferch (W. daughter of) |
FER | Fermanagh (ULS) |
| ff | and following (pages) |
FGS | Family Group Sheet |
| FGS | France & Germany Star |
FIF | Fifeshire (SCT) |
| FIN | Finland |
fl. | flourished |
| fl: | flourished |
FLN | Flintshire (WLS) |
| FLOTUS | First Lady of the United States |
fnu | first name not known |
| fr | from |
FRA | France |
| FRGS | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society |
FRN | Federal Reserve Note |
| Frn | freiin (G. dau. of a Baron) |
FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Fst | Fürst (G. Prince) |
FTM | FamilyTreeMaker® |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
G.S. | gravestone |
| GAL | Galway (IRL) |
GAR | Grand Army of the Republic |
| GB | Great Britain (from 1603, officially from 1707) |
GBE | Knight/Dame of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| GC | George Cross |
GCB | Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
| GCIE | Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire |
GCMG | Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| GCSI | Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
GCVO | Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order |
| GED | GEnealogical Data (COMmunications) file |
GEDCOM | GEnealogical Data COMmunications file |
| Gf | Graf (G. Count) |
GF | grandfather |
| Gfn | Gräfin (G. Countess) |
GGU | great great uncle |
| GLA | Glamorgan (WLS) |
GLC | GenealogyLibrary.com (familytreemaker.genealogy.com/_glc_/) |
| GLS | Gloucestershire (ENG) |
GM | grandmother |
| GPC | Genealogical Publishing Co. (genealogical.com) |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSY | Guernsey (CHI) |
Gt | Great |
| HAM | Hampshire (ENG) |
HEF | Herefordshire (ENG) |
| HMS | His (Her) Majesty's Ship (Brit.) |
HQ | Heritage Quest online repository (persi.heritagequestonline.com) |
| HR | House of Representatives |
HRE | Holy Roman Empire/Emp-eror/-ress |
| HRT | Hertfordshire (ENG) |
HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
HUN | Hungary |
| HUN | Huntingdonshire (ENG) |
Ia | Infanta (Sp. Royal princess) |
| IGI | International Genealogical Index (LDS) |
IMDb | Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) |
| IMHO | in my humble opinion |
IMO | in my opinion |
| inq: | inquest |
int: | interment |
| INV | Inverness-shire (SCT) |
inv: | estate inventoried |
| IOM | Indian Order of Merit (Military) |
IOM | Isle Of Man (CHI) |
| IOW | Isle Of Wight (CHI) |
IRL | Ireland |
| IS | Italy Star |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
| ISL | Iceland |
ISO | Imperial Service Order |
| IT | Territory (US) |
ITA | Italy |
| JP | Justice of the Peace |
JSY | Jersey (CHI) |
| KB | Knight of the Order of the Bath |
KBE | Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| KC | King's Counsel |
KCB | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| KCD | Kincardineshire (SCT) |
KCIE | Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire |
| KCMG | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
KCSI | Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
| KCVO | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
KEN | Kent (ENG) |
| KER | Kerry (IRL) |
KG | Knight of the Order of the Garter |
| KIA | Killed In Action |
KID | Kildare (IRL) |
| KIK | Kilkenny (IRL) |
KKD | Kirkcudbrightshire (SCT) |
| KP | Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick |
KRS | Kinross-shire (SCT) |
| Kt | Knight |
KT | Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle |
| LAN | Lancashire (ENG) |
LC | Library of Congress (US) (www.LoC.gov) |
| Ldgve | Landgrave |
LDS | Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) |
| LDY | Londonderry (ULS) |
LEI | Leicestershire (ENG) |
| LET | Leitrim (IRL) |
LEX | Leix/Queens (IRL) |
| LG | Lady of the Order of the Garter |
LIM | Limerick (IRL) |
| LIN | Lincolnshire (ENG) |
liv: | living; was alive in |
| LKS | Lanarkshire (SCT) |
LND | London (City only) (ENG) |
| lnu | last name not known |
LoC | Library of Congress (US) (www.LoC.gov) |
| LOG | Longford (IRL) |
LOU | Louth (IRL) |
| LP | Lady of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick |
LT | Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle |
| LVO | Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order |
ma: | marriage agreement, contract |
| MAY | a surname |
MAY | Mayo (IRL) |
| MAY | the 3° month |
MB | Manitoba (CAN) |
| mb: | marriage banns published |
MBC | Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| MBE | Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
MC | member of Congress (US) |
| MC | Military Cross |
MC | Weis's "Magna Charta Sureties" |
| mc: | marriage certificate |
MCS | Magna Charta Surety |
| MD | a state, Maryland |
MD | Medical Doctor |
| md: | marriage dispensation |
MDX | Middlesex (ENG) |
| MEA | Meath (IRL) |
MER | Merionethshire (WLS) |
| mfgr | manufacturer |
mfr | manufacturer |
| Mgve | Margrave |
MGY | Montgomeryshire (WLS) |
| mi: | marriage intentions |
MIA | Missing In Action |
| Mkgf | Markgraf (G. Margrave) |
ml: | marriage license |
| MLN | Midlothian (SCT) |
MLNFA | Moved Left No Forwarding Address |
| MM | Monthly Meeting (Quaker) |
MOA | Making of America |
| MOF | Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA) |
MOG | Monanghan (IRL) |
| MOH | Congressional Medal of Honor (USA) |
MoH | Maid of Honor |
| MON | Monmouthshire (WLS) |
MOR | Morayshire (SCT) |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
MP | motion picture |
| mp: | marriage published |
msp: | marriage /sin prole/ (without issue) |
| MVO | Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
mx: | marriage by proxy |
| NAI | Nairnshire (SCT) |
NAVBAR | NAVigation ToolBAR |
| NB | New Brunswick (CAN) |
NBL | Northumberland (ENG) |
| NEHGR | New England Historical and Genealogical Register, a/k/a the Register |
NEHGS | New England Historical and Genealogical Society |
| NEXUS | A NEHGS publication |
NF | Newfoundland (CAN) |
| NFK | Norfolk (ENG) |
NGS | National Gealogical Society |
| NGS | National Geographic Society |
NGSQ | National Gealogical Society Quarterly |
| NHC | New Haven Colony |
NLD | Netherlands/Holland |
| No. | North |
NOR | Norway |
| nr | near |
NRY | YKS North Riding (ENG) |
| NS | Nova Scotia (CAN) |
NSFC | National Society of Film Critics |
| nsn | no surname |
NSN | no surname |
| NT | Northwest Territories (CAN) |
NTH | Northamptonshire (ENG) |
| NTT | Nottinghamshire (ENG) |
nxn | no Christian name (no given name) |
| NYC | New York City |
NYGBR | New York Genealogical & Biographical Register |
| NYGBS | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society |
NYMC | New York Marble Cemetery |
| OBE | Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
obit: | obituary publication |
| OCH | Order of the Companions of Honor |
ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| ODT | Outline Descent Tree |
OFF | Offaly/Kings (IRL) |
| OKI | Orkney Isles (SCT) |
OM | Order of Merit |
| ON | Ontario (CAN) |
OXF | Oxfordshire (ENG) |
| Par | Parish |
PC | Privy Counsellor (UK) |
| PC | Quebec (CAN) |
PE | Prince Edward Island (CAN) |
| PEE | Peebles-shire (SCT) |
PEI | Prince Edward Island (CAN) |
| PEM | Pembrokeshire (WLS) |
PER | Perthshire (SCT) |
| Pfgf | Pfalzgraf (G. Count-Palatine) |
Pfgfn | Pfalzgräfin (G. Countess-Palantine) |
| Pl | Plantation |
PM | Prime Minister (UK) |
| PMHB | Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography |
POL | a surname, e.g. St POL |
| POL | Poland |
POTUS | President of the United States |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
PRF | Pedigree Resource File (LDS) |
| Pss | Princess |
QC | Quebec (CAN) |
| QC | Queen's Counsel |
QSAM | Queen's South Africa Medal |
| QSM | Queen's Sudan Medal |
RAD | Radnorshire (WLS) |
| RAD | Rod Dav4is |
RCC | Roman Catholic Church |
| RDC | Reformed Dutch Church |
rec: | recorded |
| rem | removed [to] |
REP | Member of the US House of Representaves |
| res: | resides -ed |
RFC | Royalty for Commoners |
| RFW | Renfrewshire (SCT) |
RMS | Royal Mail Steamship (Brit.) |
| RN | Royal Navy (Brit.) |
ROC | Ross & Cromarty (SCT) |
| ROS | a surname = ROOS |
ROS | Roscommon (IRL) |
| ROX | Roxburghshire (SCT) |
RR | railroad |
| RUT | Rutland (ENG) |
SAG | Screen Actors Guild |
| SAL | Shropshire (ENG) |
SC | a state, South Carolina |
| SC | Society of the Cincinnati |
SCT | Scotland |
| SDA | Seventh Day Adventist church |
SEL | Selkirkshire (SCT) |
| SEN | Member of the US Senate |
SFK | Suffolk (ENG) |
| SHI | Shetland Isles (SCT) |
sic | quoted verbatim (L. thus) |
| SJ | Society of Jesus (Jesuit) |
SK | Saskatchewan (CAN) |
| SLI | Sligo (IRL) |
Sn | Señor |
| sn | Signor |
snu | surname not known |
| soa | sin otro apellido (Sp. no other surname) |
SOM | Somerset (ENG) |
| Sr | Sister |
SRK | Sark (CHI) |
| SRY | Surry (ENG) |
SSDI | Social Security Death Index (U.S.A.) |
| SSX | Sussex (ENG) |
STI | Stirlingshire (SCT) |
| STS | Staffordshire (ENG) |
SUT | Sutherland (SCT) |
| SWE | Sweden |
TAG | The American Genealogist |
| TBD | to de done/determined |
TCN | The Connecticut Nutmegger |
| temp | tempore =in the time of |
TG | The Genealogist [NY & Salt Lake City] |
| TIP | Tipperary (IRL) |
TOC | Table of Contents |
| TQ | Tyler's Quarterly |
Twp | Township |
| TYR | Tyrone (ULS) |
UK | United Kingdom (ENG, SCT, WLS + ULS) |
| ULS | Ulster (Northern Ireland) |
USA | United States Army |
| USA | United States of America |
USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USN | United States Navy |
USS | United States Ship |
| V:1812 | Veteran of War of 1812 (1812-1815) |
V:7YW | Veteran of the Seven Years War [1754, 1756-1763]; in America: the French and Indian War |
| V:BHW | Veteran of Black Hawk War (1832) |
V:CSA | Confederate Veteran of American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| V:CW | Veteran of American Civil War (1861-1865) |
V:FIW | Veteran of French and Indian War (1754-1763) |
| V:GSF | Veteran of Great Swamp Fight (Dec 1675) |
V:KPW | Veteran of King Philip's War (1675-1676) |
| V:MAW | Veteran of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) |
V:PW | Veteran of Pequot War (1637) |
| V:RW | Veteran of American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) |
V:SAW | Veteran of Spanish-American War (1898) |
| V:VN | Veteren of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) |
V:WW1 | Veteran of World War I (1914-1918) |
| V:WW2 | Veteran of World War II (1939-1945) |
VC | Victoria Cross |
| vch | verch (W. daughter of) |
Vcte | Vicomte (Fr. Viscount) |
| Vcts | Viscountess |
VHM | Virginia Historical Magazine |
| VM | Victory Medal |
W3C | World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3.org) |
| WAR | Warwickshire (ENG) |
WAT | Waterford (IRL) |
| WC | WorldConnect online repository (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) |
wd: | will dated |
| WEM | Westmeath (IRL) |
WES | Westmoreland (ENG) |
| WEX | Wexford (IRL) |
WF | Banks's "The Winthrop Fleet" |
| WFT | World Family Tree® |
WIC | Wicklow (IRL) |
| WIG | Wigtownshire (SCT) |
WIL | Wiltshire (ENG) |
| WLN | West Lothian (SCT) |
WLS | Wales |
| WM | War Medal |
WOR | Worcestershire (ENG) |
| wp: | will proved/probated |
wr: | will recorded |
| WRY | YKS West Riding (ENG) |
YKS | Yorkshire (ENG) |
| YT | Yukon (CAN) |
†: | cause of death |
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