GENEALOGY ABBREVIATIONS

a.              ante

abt.            about

ac.		acre

adj.		adjoining

adm.            administration, admitted

adm'r.          administration, administrator

ae              age, aged

Aff             affidavit

aft.            after

aka             also known as, alias

als             alias

app             appointed

appl.           applied, application

assgn.          assign, assignee



b.              born

bap.            baptized

BC		Broward County !!

bef.            before

beq.            bequest, bequeathed

betw.           between

biog            biography

b-i-l           brother-in-law

b/o             brother of

bk.		book

bp.             baptized, birth place

br.             brought, brother

bro.            brother

bur.            buried



c., ca.         circa (about)

capt.           captured, captive

Capt.           Captain

cem.            cemetery

cen.            census

cent.           century

cert.           certificate, certified, certain

ch.             child

CH		Courthouse

chn             children

chur.           church

chh.            church

cit.            citato (the work cited)

Co.             county, company

coh.            co-heir

Col.            Colonel, Colony

crk.		creek

CS              Civil Service

CSA             Confederate States of America

Ct.             Court



d.              died, days

dau.            daughter

Dea.            Deacon

dec'd, decd.    deceased

dep.            deputy, deposed

depos.          deposed, deposition

div.            divorce(d), division

d/o             daughter of

do.             ditto

doc.		document

dpl             death place

DR              Death Record

d.s.p.          decessit sine prole (died without issue)

d.s.p. legit    died without legitimate issue

d.s.p.m.        died without male issue

d.y.            died young

dst.            district



e.g.            exempli gratia (for example)

enl.            enlisted

Ens.            Ensign

est.            estate, estimate

et al           and others

exec.           executor, executed



fam.            family

FB              family Bible

ff.             following

f-i-l           father-in-law

f/o             father of

FPC             Free Person of Color

fr.		from

freem.          oath of freeman

Ft.             Fort



g.              great

gen.            generation, genealogy, general

Gen.            General (military)

gf.             grandfather

ggf.            great grandfather

gm.             grandmother

ggm             great grandmother

Gov.            Governor

Govt            Government

gs              gravestone



h.              husband 

Hist.           History, historical, historian

h/o             husband of

Hon.            Honorable (title, not an adjective)

husb.           husband



i.e.            id est (that is)

i.p.m.          Inquisition post mortem

Ibid.           the same

Ind.            Indian, indictment

inf.            infant

Inf.            Infantry

info.           information

inst.           instant 

int.            interned, interest, interred

inv.            inventory



J.P.            Justice of the Peace

Jr., jun.       junior (younger of two)



k.              killed



lic.            license

lnd.		land

Lt., Lieut.     Lieutenant

liv.            living (alive), livery



m., md. 	married

m#1             married first

m#2             married second

Maj.            Major

mat.            maternal

ment.           mentioned

m-i-l           mother-in-law

mo.             month

MR              marriage record

ms., mss.       manuscript, manuscripts

mvd.		moved



nd              no date

nr.             near

nunc.           nuncupative (oral, as opposed to written)



obit.           obituary

occ.            occupation, occuring

ord.            ordained



p., pp.         page, pages

poss.           possibly, possession

pg.             page

pres.           presumed, present

pro.            probated or proved (as in a will)

prob.           probably, probate

propr.          proprietor (land owner)

pub., publ.     published (intent to marry made public)



R.		range

rec.            record, recorded

ref.            refer, reference

Regt.           Regiment

relecta         widow

relectus        widower

rep.            representative

rem.            removed (moved, left the area)

res.            resides, resided

ret.            retired, returned

Rev.            Reverend

Revol.		Revolutionary

Riv.		river



Sec.		section

Sr.             senior (elder of two)

Sergt., Sgt.    Sergeant

serv.           served, servant

sett.           settled, settler

sib.            sibling

s-i-l           son-in-law, sister-in-law

sis.            sister

s/o             son of, sister of

sol.            soldier

src.            source

s.s.            step-son

suc.            succeeded (followed)

succ.           successively, succession

summ.           summoned

surv.           survived



Terr.		territory

Twp.            township



ult.            ultimo (last month

unc.            uncle

unk., unkn.     unknown

unm.            unmarried

ux.             uxor or uxoris, wife



v. d. 		various dates

vide            see

vol.            volume, volunteer (military)

VR              vital record



w., wf.         wife

wid.            widow

wit.		witness

w/o             wife of, never widow of

wks.		weeks

wd              warranty deed

w.d.            will dated

w.p.            will approved



y.              young

yr.             year