* |
Born |
|
A |
Acre |
|
A |
About |
|
A |
Ante |
|
a |
Age |
|
a.a.r |
against all risks |
|
a.c |
account current |
|
a.c |
attested copy |
|
A.K.A |
Also Known As |
|
a.l.s |
autographed letter signed |
|
a.o |
account of |
|
a.w.c |
administration with will and codicil annexed |
|
AAGRA |
Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents |
|
AAS |
American Antiquarian Society |
|
AAS |
Anno Aetatis Suae (Died in the year of (his/her) age) |
|
AASP |
American Antiquarian Society Proceedings |
|
AB |
About |
|
abbr |
Abbreviation |
|
ABD |
Abdicated |
|
ABP |
Archbishop |
|
ABR |
Abridged |
|
ABS |
Abstract |
|
ABSTR |
Abstract |
|
ABT |
About |
|
AC |
Ante Christum |
|
AC |
ancestor chart |
|
ACAD |
Academy |
|
ACC |
According |
|
ACC |
ACCording to .... |
|
Acc |
Account |
|
acco |
account |
|
accu |
accurate |
|
ackd |
acknowledged |
|
ACTG |
Acting |
|
ad |
Anno Domino |
|
Ad |
adopted |
|
AdCl |
adopted child |
|
AdD |
adopted daughter |
|
ADJ |
Adjourned |
|
ADJ |
Adjutant |
|
ADM |
Admission |
|
ADMIN |
ADMINISTRATIVE, ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATOR |
|
Admon |
letters of administration |
|
ADMR |
Administrator |
|
admr |
administration |
|
ADMX |
Administratrix |
|
ADS |
AD Sectam (at the suit of ....) |
|
AET |
Aetatis (about the age of ....) |
|
af |
affidavit |
|
AFFT |
Affidavit |
|
AFN |
Ancestral File Number |
|
aft |
aftercare |
|
AFT |
After |
|
AFT |
Afternoon |
|
AG |
Accredited Genealogist |
|
AG:ABC |
American Genealogy: A Basic Course |
|
AGRA |
Association of Genealogists and Record Agents |
|
AH |
Aunts Husband |
|
AIHA |
Australian-Irish Heritage Association |
|
AL |
American Legion |
|
ALD |
Alderman |
|
Alleg |
allegiance |
|
als |
alias |
|
AM |
Anno Mundi (year of the world) |
|
ANC |
Ancient |
|
ANC |
ancestor |
|
annot |
annotated |
|
ano |
another |
|
ANON |
Anonymous |
|
ant |
antiquary |
|
ANT |
Antonym |
|
Antiq |
antiquity |
|
ANTIQ |
Antiquary |
|
AOP |
American Order of Pioneers |
|
Ap |
apprentice |
|
APG |
Association of Professional Genealogists |
|
APGI |
Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland |
|
APGQ |
Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly |
|
API |
Asian / Pacific Islander |
|
APIG |
Advanced Practical Internet Genealogy |
|
APJG |
Association of Professional Jewish Genealogists |
|
APJI |
Association for Protection of Jewish Immigrants |
|
APP |
Appendix |
|
App |
Apprentice |
|
app |
appointed |
|
app |
aprpoximately |
|
App.Div |
Appelate division |
|
appr |
appraisment |
|
apprd |
apprised |
|
apprd |
appeared |
|
APPTD |
Appointed |
|
APPX |
Appendix |
|
AR |
Anno Regni (Year of Reign) |
|
ar.co |
artillery company |
|
arr |
arrived |
|
ascert |
ascertain |
|
ASG |
American Society of Genealogists |
|
ASGD |
Assigned |
|
ASGRA |
Association of Scottish Genealogists & Researchers in Archives |
|
asr |
assessor |
|
div. |
divorced |
|
DLD |
Divided Loyalties Descendant |
|
dn |
deacon |
|
do |
ditto (same) |
|
DO |
Ditto |
|
DOC |
Document |
|
docum |
document |
|
Dom |
Domestic |
|
dpl |
death place |
|
DR |
Doctor |
|
dr |
dram |
|
DS |
DeathScythe |
|
ds |
Daughters summer |
|
dsct |
descendant |
|
DSDI |
Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence |
|
dsp |
decessit sine prole (died without issue) |
|
dspl |
decessit sine prole legitima (died without legitimate issue) |
|
dspm |
decessit sine prole malus (died without sons) |
|
dspml |
decessit sine prole malus legitima (died without legitimate sons) |
|
dspms |
decessit sine prole malus suivre (died without surviving sons) |
|
dsps |
decessit sine prole suivre (died without surviving issue) |
|
DT |
Date |
|
dt's |
delirium tremens |
|
dto |
ditto |
|
dtr |
daughter |
|
dum |
died unmarried |
|
DUVCW |
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
|
DVF |
Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge |
|
DVM |
Decessit Vita Matris (died in the lifetime of the mother) |
|
dvp |
decessit vita patris (died in the lifetime of the father) |
|
E |
East |
|
e |
ease, earl |
|
E.D |
Enumeration District |
|
easi |
easily |
|
ecux |
executrix |
|
ED |
EDition |
|
EDD |
Doctor of Education |
|
EDUC |
EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL |
|
eld |
eldest |
|
EMP |
Employee |
|
EN |
Engineer |
|
ENG |
England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram) |
|
eno |
enough |
|
ENS |
Ensign (USCG, USN) |
|
ensu |
ensuing |
|
ESRO |
East Sussex Record Office |
|
EST |
ESTATE |
|
Establ |
establishment |
|
estd |
estimated |
|
et al |
et alia (and others) |
|
et. vir |
and husband |
|
etc |
Etcetera Technology Corporation |
|
etc |
et cætera (and also) |
|
ex |
executor, executrix |
|
EXC |
Excellency |
|
Exc |
Except |
|
EXC |
Exchange |
|
Exec |
Executor |
|
EXOR |
executor |
|
exox |
executrix |
|
exr |
executor |
|
exs |
executors |
|
extx |
executrix |
|
exx |
executrix |
|
f |
Father |
|
F |
Friends |
|
f |
female, father |
|
f.m. |
feodum militis (knight's fee) |
|
FA |
Father Advises |
|
fa |
Father Abraham |
|
Fa. |
father |
|
FASG |
Fellow of the American Society of Genealogy |
|
FEEFS |
Federation of East European Family Societies |
|
FF |
Father's Father |
|
FGBS |
Fellow, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society |
|
FGSP |
Fellow, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania |
|
fl |
flourit (flourished, living) |
|
FN |
First National Financial Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange [TSX]) |
|
FNGS |
Fellow National Genealogical Society |
|
FO |
Fidelity Oath |
|
FP |
Father's Paternal |
|
FPP |
family planning programs |
|
FSA |
Fellow Society of Antiquaries |
|
FSA Scot |
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
|
FSAG |
Fellow, Society of Australian Genealogists |
|
FSG |
Fellow Society of Genealogists |
|
FUGA |
Fellow Utah Genealogical Association |
|
G |
Generation |
|
GARD |
Gateway Ancestor of Royal Descent |
|
GCVO |
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order |
|
GED |
a GEDCOM file |
|
GEDCOM |
GEnealogical Data COMmunications program to transfer data |
|
GEN |
Generalized |
|
Gen |
General Motors |
|
gen. |
generation |
|
gent |
gentleman |
|
GENTECH |
GENealogy and TECHnology |
|
GFS |
Genealogy Forum Staff |
|
GGF |
Great-Grandfather |
|
ggfa |
great great grandfather |
|
GGM |
Great-Grandmother |
|
ggmo |
great great grandmother |
|
GIMA |
Genealogical Institute of Mid-America (University of Illinois-Springfield) |
|
GIT |
Genealogical Institute of Texas |
|
GMO |
GrandMOther |
|
GRINZ |
Genealogical Research Institute of New Zealand |
|
GSG |
Genealogical Speakers Guild |
|
GSHA |
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America |
|
GSMD |
General Society of Mayflower Descendants |
|
GSOR |
Geneaology Society Of Riverside |
|
GSSA |
Genealogical Society of South Africa |
|
HF |
handfast |
|
HM |
His Majesty |
|
ibm |
ibidem (same) |
|
ICAPGen |
International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists |
|
ICCANB |
Irish Canadian Cultural Association of New Brunswick |
|
IGHR |
Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research |
|
IGI |
International Genealogical Index |
|
IGP |
Ireland Genealogy Project |
|
inf |
infant;infancy |
|
inf. |
infant |
|
int |
intestate, without will |
|
IORM |
Improved Order of Red Men |
|
IPM |
Inquisition Post Mortem |
|
ISANNZ |
Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand |
|
ISBGFH |
International Society for British Genealogy and Family History |
|
ISFHWE |
International Society of Family History Writers and Editors |
|
Iss. |
issue [offspring] |
|
j.m. |
jure matris (in the right of one's mother) |
|
j.u. |
jure uxoris (in the right of one's wife) |
|
JGS |
Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. |
|
K |
Killed |
|
KB |
Knight of Bath |
|
KT |
Knight |
|
KT |
Knight of the Thistle |
|
KT |
Knights Templar |
|
ld |
Lord Douglas |
|
ld |
Lords of Darkness |
|
ld |
Lord Dorchester |
|
LEG |
Legacy Oil and Gas Inc (Toronto Stock Exchange [TSX]) |
|
LG |
Living Generations |
|
LIV |
Livingood, AK, USA |
|
lpms |
legitimatio per matrimonium subsequens (legitimisation by subsequent matrimony) |
|
lprp |
legitimatio per rescriptum principis (legitimisation by prince's rescript) |
|
M |
Married |
|
M. |
MARRIED |
|
m2 |
second marriage |
|
m3 |
third marriage |
|
MD |
Married |
|
mgfa |
maternal grandfather |
|
mgmo |
maternal grandmother |
|
MGP |
Mathematics Genealogy Project |
|
MIY |
married in that year |
|
MO |
mothers |
|
Mo. |
Mother |
|
n.d. |
No Date |
|
n/a |
not available, not applicable, unknown |
|
Nat. |
Naturalized |
|
NBR |
Neighborhood Business Revitalization |
|
ND |
Nagelaten Dogter |
|
nee |
maiden name (née [Fr.]) |
|
nee |
born ( [Lat.] ) |
|
NEHGS |
New England Historic Genealogical Society |
|
NG |
Not Given |
|
NGSQ |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly |
|
NIGR |
National Institute on Genealogical Research (National Archives) |
|
NIGRAA |
National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association |
|
NIGS |
National Institute for Genealogical Studies (Toronto) |
|
NMW |
Not MY Wife |
|
nn |
nomen nescio (not named; name unknown |
|
NOK |
Next Of Kin |
|
NR |
No Record |
|
NSDAR |
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |
|
NSSAR |
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |
|
nunc |
nuncupative |
|
NYGBR |
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record |
|
NYGBS |
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society |
|
NZSG |
New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc |
|
OB |
OBdormio (died) |
|
ob. |
died (obit [Lat.]) |
|
Occ. |
Occupation |
|
OFPA |
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America |
|
OS |
Old Style |
|
osp |
obiit sine prole (died without issue) |
|
p |
post (after; page) |
|
P.S. |
Patriotic Service |
|
PA |
Papers submitted (e.g., naturalization papers) |
|
PalAm |
PALatines to AMerica |
|
Par |
parish |
|
PG |
Page |
|
pgfa |
paternal grandfather |
|
pgmo |
paternal grandmother |
|
PI |
Pacific Islander |
|
pl |
plural |
|
PLCGS |
Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies |
|
POE |
Port Of Entry |
|
PP |
Pages |
|
PR |
PRoved a will |
|
Q. |
Queen |
|
q.s. |
quod suivre (which follows) |
|
q.v. |
quod vide (which see) |
|
RBD |
Registry of Births and Deaths |
|
rec |
recorded a document |
|
Rec. |
record(ed) |
|
rel |
relict |
|
ren |
renounced |
|
res |
residence/resided |
|
Rev |
The Reverend |
|
s |
Supersonic |
|
S |
Security Prison |
|
S |
Son |
|
s.j. |
suo jure (in one's own right) |
|
S/O |
Son Of |
|
SAR |
Sons of the American Revolution |
|
SB |
Stillbirth |
|
sib. |
sibling |
|
SIBS |
siblings |
|
SIBS |
Social Interaction Between Siblings |
|
sic |
thus, as written |
|
SIL |
Sister-In-Law |
|
SIL |
Son-In-Law |
|
SLI |
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy |
|
SoG |
Society of Genealogists |
|
sp |
sine prole (without children) |
|
sp.bl |
special bail |
|
sp.impl |
special imparlance |
|
spf |
sine prole femina (without daughters) |
|
spl |
sine prole legitima (without legitimate issue) |
|
spm |
sine prole mascula (without sons) |
|
spms |
sine prole mascila superstite (without surviving sons) |
|
SR |
Senior Resident |
|
SR |
Sisters of Redemption |
|
SR |
Senior Representative |
|
SR |
Sisters Room |
|
SR |
Senior Registrar |
|
SR |
Senior |
|
SR |
Senior Rater |
|
SR |
Sister |
|
St |
State Transformation |
|
ST |
State Transport |
|
St |
State This |
|
ST |
State |
|
Sur |
Cna Surety Corp. |
|
SUVCW |
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
|
TAG |
The American Genealogist |
|
TEN |
Tenant |
|
TERR |
Territory |
|
test |
witness |
|
TIARA |
The Irish Ancestral Research Association |
|
UA |
Ultimate Ancestor |
|