List of abbreviations common in genealogy.
- @ — 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
- 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
- DDS — Domesday Descendents / Doctor 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, Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166 / 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 Stammtafeln misp Europäische Stammtafelen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europäische_Stammtafeln
- 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 Floruit) 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
- 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 — neighbour
- 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
- 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 (Latin, 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 — (Latin, vita sororis — in the lifetime of his sister; (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