GENEALOGICAL ABBREVIATIONS
ROOTS
Genealogical Abbreviations
- @: at
- &c:(Latin, et cætera) and also
- *: born, birthdate
- +: dead, deathdate, married to
- a: acre, (Latin, ante) before
- aas: (Latin, anno aetatis suae): Died in the
year of (his/her) age, ie: a.a.s. 64
- AB: Bachelor of Arts
- abt: about
- acc: according to
- AD (Latin, anno domini): year after the birth of
Christ
- ads (Latin, ad sectam): at the suit of
- admr: administrator
- admx: administratrix
- ae/aet: about the age of
- ald: alderman
- AM: Master of Arts, (Latin, anno mundi) year of
the world, (Latin, ante meridiem) before noon
- appon clam (Latin, apponit clamium) he/she stands by, joins,
supports the claim
- ar: (Latin, anno regni): year of reign
- AR: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists,
Frederick Weis
- AR7: AR above, Seventh Edition (current)
- atty: attorney
- B: baptized
- b: born
- BA: Bachelor of Arts
- bapt: baptized
- bart: baronet
- BC: before Christ
- BCE: before common era
- bef: before
- beq: bequest
- bet: between
- bk: book
- bp: bishop; birthplace; baptized
- br: brother
- bro: brother
- br-l: brother-in-law
- bt: baronet
- bur: buried
- c: (Latin, circa) about, approximately; (Latin comitis]
count; copyright; century
- ca: (Latin, circa) about
- CAD: (English) Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds
- capt: captain
- CCR: (English) Calendar of Close Roles
- cem: cemetery
- cent: century
- CG: Certified Genealogist
- CE: common era, synonomous with AM
- CFR: (English) Calendar of Fine Rolls
- ch: church, chapel
- chr: christened, Christian
- CIM: (English) Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous
- CIPM: (English) Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem
- CPR: (English) Calendar of Patent Rolls
- Cl. Cur: Clerk of the Court
- co: county, company
- cod: codicil
- codd: codices
- coh: co-heir
- col: colonel, colored, colony
- coll: college
- CP: Compete Peerage, by G.E. Cokayne
- CP & MR: (English) Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls
- ct: court; count
- cuz: cousin
- d: died, daughter, days, British pence
- dau: daughter
- DB: deed book
- dbn: (Latin, de bonis non) of
no good
- DD: Doctor of Divinity, minister
- DD: , Katherine Keats-Rohan
- DDS: Domesday Descendentsoctor of Dental Surgery
- decd: deceased, dead
- DFA: descent from antiquity (i.e., pre-medieval)
- dist: distance, district
- div: divorced, division
- dn: deacon
- do: (Latin, ditto) same
- d/o: daughter of
- DP: Domesday People, Katherine Keats-Rohan, 1999.
- dsp: (Latin, decessit sine prole) died without
issue
- dspl: (Latin, decessit sine prole legitima) died
without legitimate issue
- dspm: (Latin, decessit sine prole malus)
died without sons
- dspml: (Latin, decessit sine prole malus
legitima) died without legitimate sons
- dspms: (Latin, decessit sine prole malus suivre)
died without surviving sons
- dsps: (Latin, decessit sine prole suivre) died
without surviving issue
- dvm: (Latin, decessit vita matris) died in the
lifetime of the mother
- dvp: (Latin, decessit vita patris) died in the
lifetime of the father
- d.y:died young
- e: ease, earl
- ed: edition, editor
- e.g.: (Latin exempli gratia) for example
- eld: eldest
- ES: Europäische
Stammtafelen
- esq: esquire
- et al (Latin, et alia): and others
- etc: (Latin, et cætera) and also
- ex: executor, executrix
- exor: executor
- extx: executrix
- f: female, father
- fam: family
- fl: (Latin flourit) flourished, living
- f.m.(Latin feodum militis) knight's fee
- FASG: Fellow of the American Society of Genealogy
- FGS: family group sheet
- FLT: Friendship, Love & Truth (on tombstones -- see also IOOF & IORM)
- FO: Fidelity Oath
- FRS: Fellow of the Royal Society
- FSA: Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
- GARD: acronym for Gateway Ancestor of Royal Descent
- GCVO: (Knight or Dame) of the Grand Cross of the Royal
Victorian Order
- GED: a GEDCOM file
- GEDCOM: GEnealogical Data COMmunications program to
transfer data
- gen: general
- gent: gentleman
- h: husband
- HF: handfast
- HM: Her/His Majesty
- i: island
- ibm: (Latin, ibidem): same
- IGI: International Genealogical Index
- IOOF: International Order of Odd Fellows
- IORM: Improved Order of Red Men
- incl: including
- inf: infant;infancy
- int: intestate, without will
- inv: inventory
- ipm: (Latin, inquisition post mortem) an
after-death inventory of one's holdings
- jr: junior
- j.m.: (Latin jure matris) in the right of one's
mother
- j.u.: (Latin jure uxoris) in the right of one's
wife
- k: killed, king
- kt: Knight
- KB: Knight of Bath
- KG: Knight of the Garter
- KT: Knight of the Thistle
- ld: lord
- LDS: an abbreviation for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons.
- leg: legacy, legatee
- liv: living
- LLB: Bachelor of Laws
- LLD: Doctor of Laws
- LLM: Master of Laws
- lpms: (Latin, legitimatio per matrimonium subsequens):
legitimisation by subsequent matrimony
- lprp: (Latin, legitimatio per rescriptum principis):
legitimisation by prince's rescript
- lt: lieutenant
- LWT: Last Will & Testament
- m: married,male, mother
- MA: Master of Arts
- MC: Member of Council (King's); Member of Congress
- MD: Doctor of Medicine
- md: married
- maj: major
- mi: mile
- MIY: in Census, married in that year
- n: north
- n/a: not available, not applicable, unknown
- nbr: neighbor
- nd: no date
- ng: not given
- NN (Latin, nomen nescio): not named; name unknown
- nr: near
- nunc: nuncupative (oral) will
- o: old
- ob (Latin, obdormio - fell asleep): died
- ob cælebs: (Latin) died a bachelor
- occ: occupation
- œt (Latin): of the age
- O.S.: Old Style, as in Old
Style Date
- o/s: opposite side, as in grave recording
- osp: (Latin, obiit sine prole) died without
issue.
- p (Latin, post): after; page
- Pa: papers submitted, as in naturalization papers
- par: parish
- PhD: Doctor of Philosophy
- pg: page
- pp: pages
- pr: proved a will;
prince/princess
- PRO: Public Records Office (British)
- prsh: parish
- P.S.: Patriotic
Service
- Q.: Queen
- q.s.: (Latin, quod suivre): which follows
- q.v. (Latin, quod vide): which see
- rec: recorded a document
- rel: relict
- ren: renounced
- res: residence/resided
- Rev: The Reverend
- s: south, son, (French sire) lord; English
shilling
- SASE: Self-Adressed Stamped Envelope
- sgr: (French seigneur) lord
- sic (Latin) thus, as written
- s.j.: (Latin, suo jure) in one's own right
- sis: sister
- s/o: son of
- sp: (Latin, sine prole): without children
- sp.bl: special bail
- sp.impl: special imparlance
- spf: (Latin, sine prole femina): without
daughters
- spl: (Latin, sine prole legitima): without
legitimate issue
- spm (Latin, sine prole mascula): without sons
- sps (Latin, sine prole superstite): without
surviving issue
- spms (L:atin, sine prole mascila superstite):
without surviving sons
- SSDI: Social Security Death
Index
- sr: senior
- st: state, street
- sur: surety
- ten: tenant
- terr: territory
- test: witness
- twp: township
- ult: (Latin, ultimo) late
- un: unknown
- unk: unknown
- unm: unmarried
- ux: (Latin uxor) wife
- vf: (Latin vita fratris): in the lifetime of his
brother
- viz: (Latin videlicet) namely
- vm: (Latin vita matris): in the lifetime of his
mother
- vp: (Latin, vita patris): in the lifetime of his
father
- vs: [1] (Latin, vita sororis): in the lifetime of
his sister;
[2] (Latin, versus) as opposed to
- vz: (Welsh, verch): daughter of
- w: west, with, wife
- wf: wife
- wid: widow
- wit: witness
- w/o: wife of
- x: married, Christ
- yr: year, younger
NOTE:
- Standard common abbreviations not given.
- Abbreviations may or may not be followed by accompanying
periods.
- Definitions above in parenthesis() give foreign phrase
derivation.
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