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

 

 

Rob Ainsworth

 

Liverpool History Society

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