Genealogy

Below is a list of useful abbreviations when researching Genealogy

ABBREVIATIONS For Genealogy research

· Admon - letters of administration, applied for when a person dies intestate

(without leaving a Will).

· Ag lab - agricultural labourer (the most common form of ancestor to us all!)

· B - Burial register./ bach - bachelor.

· Base Born - Illegitimate.

· bp or bpt - baptised.

· b or bur - buried.

· BTs - bishops' transcripts.

· C - christening register.

· c or ca - circa (about).

· CRO - County Record Office.

· cum - with or nearby (used in connection with two adjacent places).

· d - died (deceased).

· dau - daughter.

· DNB - Dictionary of National Biography.

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

· Esq - esquire

· FHS - family history society.

· FFHS - Federation of Family History Societies.

· fils - son (Latin).

· f.p. - foreign parts.

· gent - gentleman.

· GRO - General Register Office.

· IGI - International Genealogical Index.

· indp - of independent means./ k - killed.

· lic - licence (marriage licence).

· M - Marriage Register./ m - married

· MI - monumental inscription.

· ms - manuscript./ ob/obit - obituary.

· PRO - Public Record Office

· PRs - parish registers.

· RSD - Rural Sanitary District (1872 before 1894).

· RD - Registration District (Civil Registration).

· RDC - Rural District Council (after 1894).

· SD - Sub District (Civil Registration).

· SoG - Society of Genealogists

· sp- spinster / ts - typescript./s - son.

· UDC - Urban District Council (after 1894) / unm - unmarried

· USD - Urban Sanitary District (1872 before 1894).

· uxor - wife (Latin, found in older parish registers)

· wid - widow / widr - widower / Relict = widow

· labr.= labourer

· sp= spinster,

· btc/bo= both this city/both this church/both of

· Exp.S= any with capitals will be a place name or personal name,

· wit= witness

· fo= folio,

· blsm = could signify place of burial or cause of death

CEMETERY

· a above

· a60y aged 60 years

· a5m aged 5 months

· an above named

· ata(n) also the above (named)

· b beloved

· b(d)o beloved (daughter etc.) of

· (b) brother

· B born

· (d) daughter

· D died

· eir entered into rest

· (f) father

· (h) husband

· IAMO In Affectionate Memory Of

· ICMO In Cherished Memory Of

· IDMO In Dear Memory Of

· IELMO In Ever Loving Memory Of

· ILMO In Loving Memory Of

· IRO In Remembrance Of

· KIA Killed In Action

· (m) mother

· o of

· ota(n) of the above (named)

· (s) son

· STMO Sacred to the Memory Of

· tb(d)o the beloved (daughter etc.) of

· TMO Treasured Memories Of

· TTDMO To the Dear Memory Of

· wd who died

· wdin who died in infancy

· wdtl who departed this life

· wdw widow

· wf wife

· wfa who fell asleep

· wpa who passed away