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Abbreviations and AcronymsDefinitionsAuthor: R. A. Davis Date: June 2007 |
These abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout the site. The site pages are defined such that these abbreviations and acronyms will be defined when you roll your mouse cursor over them. You will recognize them by the brown dotted underline. Test here: test
Abbreviations
This table of definitions is built from the same file that is used to prepare HTML files for the site.
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| 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) | pct | precinct |
| 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.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 |