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{{Infobox NIFGS|June 2012|{{Methodology, parts 1-6}}|Louise St Denis, Brenda Dougall Merriman and Dr. Penelope Christensen}}
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=== Abbreviations and Latin Words ===
==== A to F ====
''Note: Latin words are in italics''<br>
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| width="20%" | A + W
| Admon with Will attached
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| AAGRA
| Australian Association of Genealogists & Record Agents
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| Aas [86]
| ''Anno Aetitis suae'' 86= died in his 86th year (i.e. he was 85)
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| AB
| Appeal against bastardy
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| Abs
| Abstract; Absconded; Absent
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| abt
| About
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| ac’s
| Accounts
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| ACC
| Anglican Church of Canada
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| Acc
| Accommodation Acct Account
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| Ack
| Acknowledged
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| AD
| ''Anno Domini'' = In the year of our Lord
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| ADD
| Additional, as in manuscript usage
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| Addn
| Addition
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| adm
| Admission, or admitted
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| admin
| Administration
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| Admon
| Letters of Administration of an estate
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| ''ae''
| Age
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| ''aet''
| At the age of
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| Aff
| Affidavit (e.g. for burials in woollen)
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| AFFHO
| Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations
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| AFHSW
| Association of Family History Societies in Wales
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| AG
| Accredited Genealogist
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| Ag. Lab.
| Agricultural labourer
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| ag’mt
| Agreement
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| AGRA
| Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (England)
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| AIS
| Accelerated Indexing System
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| aka
| Also known as
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| alleg
| Allegiance
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| als
| ''Alias'' = also known as
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| anc
| Ancestors or ancestry
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| anniv
| Anniversary
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| Ap(p).
| Apprentice
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| APG
| Association of Professional Genealogists (USA)
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| APGI
| Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland
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| apl
| Appeal
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| App(l)
| Application
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| aquo
| From whom
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| AR
| Appeal against removal
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| art
| Article
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| ASG
| American Society of Genealogists
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| ASGRA
| Association of Scottish Genealogists and Record Agents
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| Asgt Mtge
| Assigned Mortgage
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| assn
| Association
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| au
| Aunt
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| AV
| Appeal against Vagrancy
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| B and S
| Bought and Sold; Bargain and Sale
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| B(rig).
| Gen Brigadier General
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| b.
| Birth, baptism, banns, bachelor, both, boy or burial
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| BA
| Bastardy Allegation; Bachelor of Arts
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| BALH
| British Association for Local History
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| bap, bapt, bp
| Baptised
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| Bapt
| Baptist
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| bart., bt.
| Baronet
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| Bas
| Bastard
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| Bat(t), bat(t)’n
| Battalion
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| bb
| Baseborn (illegitimate)
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| BB
| Bastardy Bond
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| Bbl
| Bible
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| bc
| Before the congregation
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| BC
| Before Christ, Bible Christian, Bas-Canada (Lower Canada, i.e. Quebec); Birth Certificate; British Columbia
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| BCE
| Before the Christian Era
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| BCG
| Board for Certification of Genealogists (USA)
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| Bd
| Bond; Buried
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| BdnL
| Bodleian Library (Oxford)
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| BE
| Bastardy Examination
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| bet
| Between
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| BG
| Burial Ground; Board of Guardians (of Workhouse)
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| BIG R
| British Isles Genealogical Register
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| Bio(g)
| Biography
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| bitp
| Both [living] in this parish (Scottish)
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| bk.
| Book
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| BL
| British Library
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| Blaw
| Brother-in-law
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| BM
| British Museum
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| BMD
| Births, Marriages and Deaths (Civil Registration/Vital Statistics)
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| BMSGH
| Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
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| Bn, brn
| Born
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| BNL
| British Newspaper Library
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| botp
| Both of this parish
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| Boyd
| Boyd’s Marriage Index (he also did other indexes)
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| Bp
| Bishop
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| BQACG
| Bureau Québécois d’Attestation de Compétence en Généalogie (Quebec credential)
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| Br(o)
| Brother
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| BS
| British Subject (may or may not be officially naturalized)
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| BT
| Board of Trade
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| BTs
| Bishop’s Transcripts
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| Bu(r)
| Buried; burial
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| BVM
| Blessed Virgin Mary
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| BwkI
| Borthwick Institute (York)
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| BYU
| Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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| C of A
| College of Arms
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| C of E
| Church of England (Anglican)
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| C of I
| Church of Ireland (Episcopalian or Anglican)
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| C of S
| Church of Scotland (Presbyterian)
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| c.
| Christening, Census; Chapter; Circa (about)
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| C’tee
| Committee
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| C18
| 18th century
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| ca.
| About
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| Cadet
| The younger or youngest son, or a member of a younger branch of the family
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| CAILS
| Certified American Indian Lineage Specialist
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| Cal
| Calendar = an index where names are arranged in first letter groups only; also = a summary of the contents of a group of documents
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| CALS
| Certified American Lineage Specialist
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| Capt
| Captain
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| carp
| Carpenter
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| Cath
| Catholic
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| CB
| Colombie Britannique (British Columbia); Child boy
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| CC
| County Council; The county of
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| CCB(ap)
| Christian Conference Baptist
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| Cdr
| Commander
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| CE
| Canada East (Quebec)
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| Cem
| Cemetery
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| Cent
| Century
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| Cert
| Certificate
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| cf
| Confer = compare with
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| CG
| Certified Genealogist
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| CG(C)
| Certified Genealogist (Canada)
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| CGI
| Certified Genealogical Instructor
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| CGL
| Certified Genealogical Lecturer
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| CGRS
| Certified Genealogical Records Specialist
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| Ch
| Church; Child
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| Ch. Ch.
| Christ Church
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| Ch. Yd
| Churchyard
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| Chan. Proc.
| Chancery Proceedings
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| chap.
| Chapter
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| chg
| Chargeable
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| chmn
| Chairman
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| chn
| Children
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| chr.
| Christened
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| Chw
| Churchwarden
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| CI
| Child infant; Channel Islands
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| circa
| About
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| cit.
| Citizen
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| cl.
| Clerk (could mean clerk in holy orders)
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| Cllr
| Councillor
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| CMB
| Christenings, Marriages and Burials (church ceremonies)
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| Cmdr
| Commander
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| cn
| Children; Cousin
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| CN
| Canadian National (Railway Company)
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| Cnty
| County Co. County; Company
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| cog
| Consent of Guardian
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| Coh(r).
| Co-heir
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| col.
| Column
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| coll., colls
| Collateral(s)
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| Com.
| County
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| Com. Bk.
| Commission Book
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| comp.
| Compiler
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| Con
| The county of; Congregational
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| Conf
| Confederate
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| conf
| Conference; Confirmation
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| Cong.
| Congregationalist
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| conj., conjux
| Wife
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| Const
| Constitution
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| cop
| ''Copulatio'' = Marriage; Consent of parent
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| Corr
| Correction
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| Corres.
| Correspondence
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| cos
| Cousin; Counties
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| cou, cous
| Cousin
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| CP
| Civil Parish; Canadian Pacific (Railway Company); Canadian Presbyterian
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| CR
| Cremated
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| cr.
| Created (of a peerage etc.)
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| CRO
| County Record Office
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| CRS
| Catholic Record Society
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| CS
| Church of Scotland
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| CSA
| Confederate States of America
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| Ct
| Court
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| CU
| Child of unknown sex
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| CW
| Canada West (Ontario); Civil War (USA);Churchwarden
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| CY
| Churchyard
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| d.
| Died, or ''denarius'' (penny)
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| d. and coh.
| Daughter and co-heir
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| d. inf.
| Died as an infant (= under 8 years)
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| d. minor
| Died under age 21
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| d. unm.
| Died unmarried
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| ''D.b.n., De bo non ''
| ''De bonis non administratis'' = of goods unadministered
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| ''d.s.p.''
| ''Decessit sine prole'' = died without issue (children)surviving
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| ''d.s.p.f.''
| ''Decessit sine prole femina'' = died without female issue
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| ''d.s.p.leg.''
| ''Decessit sone prole legitima'' = died without legitimate issue
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| ''d.s.p.m.''
| ''Decessit sine prole mascula'' = died without male issue
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| ''d.s.p.m.s.''
| ''Decessit sine prole mascula supersita'' = died without surviving male issue
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| ''d.s.p.s.''
| ''Decessit sine prole supersita'' = died without surviving issue
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| ''d.v.m.''
| ''Decessit vita matris'' = died in mother's lifetime
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| ''d.v.p.''
| ''Decessit vita patris'' = died in father's lifetime
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| da.,dau.
| daughter
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| DAR
| Member of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
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| dat
| Dated
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| DC
| Death certificate
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| DD
| Doctor of Divinity; Discharged Dead
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| Dd
| Died, dead
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| dec.
| Deceased; Decree; Declaration
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| DED
| District Electoral Division (Ireland)
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| dept.
| Department
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| des
| Deserted, desertion
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| desc
| Descendants
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| di
| Died without issue (child)
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| Dioc.
| Diocese
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| Dip FHS
| Diploma in Family History Studies (Australian credential)
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| Dip Gen
| Diploma in Genealogy
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| dist.
| District
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| distaff
| Female side of family
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| div.
| Divorced
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| divs
| Divisions
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| DL
| Deputy Lieutenant
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| DM
| Discharged Mortgage
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| DMO
| District Medical Officer
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| DNB
| Dictionary of National Biography
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| do, d/o
| Daughter of
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| dom
| Domestic
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| ''Dom.''
| ''Dominus'' = Sunday
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| DP
| Displaced person (refugee)
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| DRO
| Diocesan Record Office
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| dt
| Dated
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| DUE
| Daughter of a United Empire Loyalist
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| DUV
| Daughter of Union Veterans
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| dwi
| Died without issue (child)
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| dwmi
| Died without male issue
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| dwsmi
| Died without surviving male issue
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| dy
| Died young; Daily; Day
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| dys
| Days
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| e.g.
| ''Exempli gratia'' = for example
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| eb
| Erected by
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| ECUSA
| Episcopal Church of USA
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| ed.
| Edition; Editor; Educated at
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| eds.
| Editors
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| Educ
| Educated at
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| EIC
| [Honourable] East India Company
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| el(d)
| Eldest
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| EMC
| Episcopal Methodist Church
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| Emp(l)
| Employee, employer, employed by
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| ''Eodem Die''
| The same day
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| Epis.
| Episcopal
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| est
| Eldest; Estimated
|-
| ''et al.''
| ''Et alii'' = others
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| ''etc.''
| ''Et cetera'' = and so forth
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| Evan
| Evangelical
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| Exam.
| Examination (e.g. for Settlement or Bastardy
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| Exch.
| Court of Exchequer
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| Exp.
| Expenditure
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| ext.
| Extinct (of a peerage etc.)
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| F
| Female
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| f
| And next page; family information
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| F and AM
| Free and Accepted Masons
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| f (o).
| Folio (page) number
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| F of F
| Feet of Fines
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| fa
| Father
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| fam
| Family
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| FC
| Free Church (Presbyterian)
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| Feu
| The late or deceased (French Canadian)
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| ff
| And following pages
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| FFHS
| Federation of Family History Societies
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| FG
| Free Grant
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| FHG
| Fellow of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
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| FHS
| Family History Society
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| fil et hr.
| Son and heir
|-
| ''filia''
| Daughter
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| ''filius''
| Son
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| ''fl.''
| Flourished (lived)
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| ''fl. Temp.'' Eliz I
| Was alive in the reign of Elizabeth I
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| Flaw
| Father-in-law
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| FO
| Filiation Order
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| FP
| Foreign parts; Free Presbyterian
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| FPRO
| Friends of the Public Record Office
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| FR
| Father (Roman Catholic)
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| fr
| Farmer
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| Frac
| Fracrtional
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| FRC
| Family Records Centre (formerly St. Catherine's House), London, England
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| FS
| Female servant
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| FSC
| Family Search Center
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| FSG
| Fellow of the Society Genealogists
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| FTM
| Family Tree Magazine; Family Tree Maker (genealogy software)
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| FTW
| Family Tree Maker (genealogy software)
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| FWK
| Framework knitter
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