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Key Genealogical Sources & Their Abbreviations

Compiled by CE Wood -- [email protected]

• AACPW = American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales (Roberts & Reitwiesner) 
• AAP = Ancestors of American Presidents (Roberts) 
• AB = Annales de Bourgogne 
• AEM = Anuario de Estudios Medievales 
• AF = Ancestral File AG = Accredited Genealogist 
• AM = Annales du Midi ANS = Anglo-Norman Studies 
• AP&P = Adventurers of Purse and Person 
• AR7 = Ancestral Roots, 7th ed. (Weis) 
• BAF = American Families (1939) (Burke) 
• BC = Commoners (Burke) 
• BIFR = Irish Families (1976) (Burke) 
• BLG = Landed Gentry (Burke) 
• BLGI = Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1899,1904,1912,1958 (Burke) 
• BN = Bibliotheque Nationale BP = Peerage (Burke) 
• BP1 = Presidential_Families, 1st ed. (Burke). 
• BPci = Peerage, 101st ed. (Burke). 
• BRF = Guide to the Royal Family, 1973 (Burke) 
• BRF = Britain's Royal Families (Weir) 
• BXB = Dormant and Extinct Baronetcies (Burke) 
• BXP = Dormant and Extinct Peerages (Burke) 
• CCM = Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale 
• CCR = Calendar of Charter Rolls 
• CCR = Calendar of Close Rolls 
• CF = Colonial Families of the Southern States of America (Hardy) 
• CFR = Calendar of Fine Rolls 
• CG = Certified Genealogist 
• CIM = Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous 
• CIPM = Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem 
• CLR = Calendar of Liberate Rolls 
• CP = The Complete Peerage 
• CPR = Calendar of Patent Rolls 
• CR = Close Rolls 
• CRR = Curia Regis Rolls 
• CTG = Collectanea 
• DB = Domesday Book (1086 or thereabouts) 
• DD = Domesday Descendants (Keats-Rohan) 
• DES = Oxford "A Dictionary of English Surnames" 
• DNB = Dictionary of National Biography 
• DP = Domesday People (Keats-Rohan) 
• ECD1 = Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol I (Redlich) 
• ECD2 = Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol II (Langston & Buck) 
• ECD3 = Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol III (Buck & Beard) 
• EHR = English Historical Review 
• ES = Europaische Stammtafeln (Schwennicke) (neue Folge) 
• ESI = Europaische Stammtafeln (Isenburg) 
• ESI/L = Europaische Stammtafeln (Isenburg/von Loringhoven) 
• EYC = Early Yorkshire Charters 
• F = Plantagenet Ancestry (Faris) 
• F of F = Feet of Fines 
• FASG = Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists 
• FHC = Family History Center 
• FHL = Family History Library, Salt Lake City 
• Gen. ns = The Genealogist, New Series 
• Gen. os = The Genealogist, Old Series 
• GM = Genealogists Magazine 
• H & G = Herald and Genealogist and Heraldry Books. 
• Harl.Soc.Reg.Ser. = Harleian Society (Parish) Register Series 
• Harl.Soc.Vis.Ser. = Harleian Society Visitation Series 
• HKF = Honors and Knights' Fees (Farrer) 
• HOP = History of Parliament 
• HR = Historical Research 
• HSJ = Haskins Society Journal 
• HSRS = Harleian Society (Parish) Register Series 
• HSVS = Harleian Society Visitation Series 
• IGI [extr.] = International Genealogical Index, extracted entry 
• IGI [sub.] = International Genealogical Index, submitted entry 
• IMI = International Medieval Index 
• JMH = Journal of Medieval History 
• LM = Lexikon des Mittelalters 
• M&H = Medievalia et Humanistica 
• MCS = Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (Weis et al.) 
• MEFR = Mélanges de l'École Française de Rome (Moyen Âge) 
• MG&H = Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica 
• MGH = Monumenta Germaniae Historica 
• MGHSS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores Series 
• MP = Medieval Prosopography 
• NEHGR = New England Historical & Genealogical Register 
• NEHGS = New England Historic Genealogical Society 
• NGS = National Genealogical Society (USA) 
• NGSQ = National Genealogical Society Quarterly 
• NK1 = Notable Kin, Vol. I (Roberts) 
• NK2 = Notable Kin, Vol. II (Roberts) 
• NMS = Nottingham Medieval Studies 
• NQ = Notes and Queries 
• NYGBR = New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 
• NYGBS = New York Genealogical & Biographical Society 
• OTG = The Genealogist, 19th & early 20th century British periodical much used by genealogists 
• PA = Plantagenet Ancestry, 2d ed. (Faris) 
• Paget = The Lineage and Ancestry of H. R. H. Prince Charles of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977 (two volumes) 
• PRF = Pedigree Resource File 
• PRO = Public Record Office [London] referring to original documents 
• PRS = Pipe Roll Society RD500 = The Royal Descent of 500 Immigrants (Roberts) 
• RFC = Royalty for Commoners RFC2 = Royalty for Commoners, 2d ed. (Stuart) 
• RHF = Recueil des Historiens de France 
• RS = Rolls Series 
• Sanders = English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327 (I.J. Sanders) 
• SoG = Society of Genealogists, based in London 
• Sp = Speculum 
• SP = The Scot's Peerage 
• TA = The Ancestor 
• TAG = The American Genealogist 
• TG = The Genealogist as published by Neil Thompson & the American Society of Genealogists 
• TGM = The Genealogist's Magazine, publication by 
• SoG TPC = The Plantagenet Connection, published by Kenneth Harper Finton 
• VCH = Victoria County Histories Weir = Britain's Royal Families (Weir) 
• WFT = World Family Tree CD, [vol]:[num] (Broderbund) Caveat lector 
• WMC = Magna Charta (Wurts)

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Last Edited: Sunday, December 30, 2007