Acromyms and Abbreviations by Malcolm Lewis
AD
..Anno Domini
Admon(s)
..Letters of administration: the legal authority to administer a dead persons estate
Ag Lab
.Agricultural Labourer
Aka
.Also known as
Anon
.Anonymous
Appr
.Apprentice
ANZAC
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day is a day of national commemoration in Australia and New Zealand
AT
..Archdeacons Transcripts. Contemporary copies of parish registers sent to the diocesan authorities.
b; bo
..Born
bach; batch
...Bachelor
bap; bapt
.Baptised; baptism
BL
The British Library, London
BMD
..Births, Marriages and Deaths
Botp
...Both of this parish
Bp
Baptised
bro(s)
.Brother(s)
BT
Bishops Transcripts. Contemporary copies of parish registers sent to the Bishop of a diocese.
Bur
..Buried
c
.Century e.g. c19 means 19th century
c; ca
..
.Circa (Latin) - around, about. Usually used in conjunction with dates e.g. c1850
cert
....Certificate
ch; chn
..Child; children
chr; chris
..Christened
C of E
..Church of England
Co
..County; company
CRO
..County Record Office
CWGC
.Commonwealth War Graves Commission
d
.Died; daughter; day; pre-decimal currency penny
Dau(s)
.Daughter(s)
dec; dec'd
..
..Deceased
div
.Divorced
do
..Ditto
doc
Document
Dom
.Domestic (as in Domestic servant)
Dsp
..Died without issue (Latin: Decessit sine prole)
Dy
.Died young
ED
Enumeration District
Educ
Educated; education
Eng
..England
exec; exor
..
.Executor of a will
f
..Female; folio; father;
FFHS
...Federation of Family History Societies
FHC
..LDS Family History Centre
FHF
..Family History Fair
FHS
..Family History Society
FMP
.
.Find My Past: a commercial online family history database
fo; fol
.
Folio
FOIA
.....Freedom of Information Act
FS
.
...Female servant
G
.Grand; great (as in GGrandfather)
GEDCOM
....GEnealogical Data COMmunication
Gent
..Gentleman
GENUKI
Online Genealogical Information Service for the UK & Ireland
GOONS..
.Guild of One-Name Studies
Gr
.Great; granted
GRO
General Register Office
IGI
.International Genealogical Index
ILL
Inter Library Loan (a loan between 2 different libraries)
Inf
.Infant; infancy
lab; labr
Labourer
Lat
..Latin
Lb
Pound (unit of weight)
LDS
...Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Lib
..Library
Lic
..Licence
LMA
..London Metropolitan Archives
£.s.d
....Pounds, shillings and pence (the pre-decimal currency of the UK)
m
.Male; married; marriage; mother; month
marr
.Married; marriage
MI(s)
Monumental (or memorial) inscription(s) on gravestones and other memorials
Min
Minor
Mo
.Month; mother
Moth
.Mother
MS
.Male servant
ms(s)
.Manuscript(s)
NBI
.National Burial Index
Nd
No date
Neph
...Nephew
NS
New Style calendar
Obit
.Dead; death: obituary
Occ
..Occupation
Op
Out of print
OS
Old Style calendar
Otp
..Of this parish
p
.Page; penny; pence; parish
par
.Parish
PCC
..Prerogative Court of Canterbury
pp
..Pages
pr; pro
...Probate; proved
PPR
..Principal Probate Registry
PRO
..Public Record Office
PRs
...Parish registers
Psh
...Parish
Pub
...Published
RC
..Roman Catholic
RD
..Registration District
Rec
.Record
RO
.Record Office. A Record Office collects, administers and preserves archives relating to the history of a particular area.
Reg
...Register
RIP
Rest in Peace (Latin: Requiescat in pace)
s
.Son; spinster; shilling
serv; servt
...
Servant
sis
..Sister
SoG
..Society of Genealogists
SOUNDEX
..A system which groups together surnames which sound similar butwhich are spelled differently
sp; spr
..Spinster
St
Saint; street
TNA
The National Archives, Kew, London
Transcr
...Transcribed
Unm
.Unmarried
Ux
.Wife (Latin uxor)
Viz
.Namely
vol(s)
.....Volume(s)
w
.Wife; widow
wd
..Widow
WH
Workhouse
Wid
...Widow
Widr
.Widower
Wit
.Witness
wk(s)
.Week(s)
WW1.......................................................World War One (1914-1918)
WW2.......................................................World War Two (1939-1945)
x
.A mark made by a person instead of a signature; also used as an abbreviation for Christ in some names e.g. Xopher (Christopher).
Xped
.Christened
y..............................................................Year
Yr............................................................Year, younger
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