Abbreviations
Census
& Soundex
Miscellaneous
Found After Names
| Census and Soundex Abbreviations | |
| A | Aunt |
| AdD | Adopted Daughter |
| AdS | Adopted Son |
| At | Attendant |
| B | Brother |
| BL | Brother-in-law |
| Bo | Boarder |
| C | Cousin |
| D | Daughter |
| DL | Daughter-in-law |
| F | Father |
| FB | Foster brother |
| FF | Foster father |
| FL | Father-in-law |
| FM | Foster mother |
| Fsi | Foster sister |
| GA | Great aunt |
| GD | Granddaughter |
| GF | Grandfather |
| GGF | Great grandfather |
| GGM | Great Grandmother |
| GGGF | Great Great Grandfather |
| GGGM | Great Great Grandmother |
| GM | Grandmother |
| Gni | Grandniece |
| GS | Grandson |
| GU | Great uncle |
| Hh | Hired hand |
| I | Inmate |
| L | Lodger |
| M | Mother |
| ML | Mother-in-law |
| N | Nephew |
| Ni | Niece |
| Nu | Nurse |
| O | Officer |
| P | Patient |
| Pr | Prisoner |
| Pri | Principal |
| Pu | Pupil |
| R | Roomer |
| S | Son |
| SB | Stepbrother |
| SBL | Stepbrother-in-law |
| Se | Servant |
| SF | Stepfather |
| SFL | Stepfather-in-law |
| Si | Sister |
| SiL | Sister-in-law |
| SL | Son-in-law |
| SM | Stepmother |
| SML | Stepmother-in-law |
| SS | Stepson |
| Ssi | Stepsister |
| SSiL | Stepsister-in-law |
| SSL | Stepson-in-law |
| Su | Superintendent |
| U | Uncle |
| W | Wife |
| Wa | Warden |
| Miscellaneous Abbreviations | |
| als | alias |
| anie | adopted niece |
| av | he lived [so many] years (annos vixit) |
| ba | bachelor |
| bach | bachelor |
| bi-m | every two months |
| ca. | circa (approximately) |
| chan | (1) chancel (2) chancery |
| chyd | churchyard |
| cmkr | cheesemaker |
| dom | date of marriage |
| dom | domicile |
| dom | domestic |
| dome | domestic |
| drgns | dragoons |
| dto | ditto |
| dunm | died unmarried |
| dy | died young |
| ead | in the same way (cadem) |
| farr | farrier |
| FaLD | father-in-law's daughter |
| FaLS | father-in-law's son |
| FaLW | father-in-law's wife |
| FaMo | farmer's mother |
| femm sole | unmarried woman or a married woman with property independent of her husband. |
| freedman | male released from slavery, emancipated person |
| freeman | male of legal age with the right to vote, own land and practice a trade |
| grs/o | grandson of |
| gr/s/o | grandson of |
| Hsil | half sister-in-law |
| jn | (1) journeyman (2) journeymen |
| Jn | John |
| Ka | killed in action |
| KIA | killed in action |
| kn | known |
| led | unmarried (ledig) |
| minr | (1) milliner (2) minor |
| nce | niece |
| nfr | no further reference or record found |
| ni | no issue |
| overs | overseer(s) |
| p/o | parents of |
| q c | quit claim |
| rcp | Roman Catholic priest |
| rel/o | relict of |
| s and h | son and heir |
| tb | tuberculosis |
| tpm | title page mutilated |
| ut sup | as above (ut supra) |
| verl. | engaged (veriobt) |
| vid. | widower, widow (viduus, vidua) |
| whsemn | warehouseman |
| wmst | workmistress |
| XL | sister-in-law |
| YM | Yearly Meeting (Quakers) |
| Often found after a name in old wills and other documents | |
| a.a.s. | died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae) ( 86 y/o died in year 86) |
| d.s.p. | died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima) |
| d.s.p.l. | died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole mascula supersita) |
| d.s.p.m.s. | died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prole mascula supersita) |
| d.s.p.s | died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita) |
| d.unm | died unmarried |
| d.v.m. | died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris) |
| d.v.p. | died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris) |
| Et al | and others (et alia) |
| Inst | present month (instans) |
| Liber | book or volume |
| Nepos | grandson |
| Nunc | Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness |
| Ob | he/she died (obit) |
| Rel. or Relict | widow or widower (relicta/relictus) |
| Res. or Residue | widow or widower |
| Sic | so or thus, exact copy as written |
| Testes | witnesses |
| Ult | late (ultimo) |
| Ux or vs | wife (uxor) |
| Viz | namely (videlicet) |
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