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Abbreviations used in English records
| Abreviations | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ab, abt | about |
| anc | ancestor |
| b | born |
| bach | bachelor |
| bap, bapt | baptised |
| bd, bur | buried |
| bro | brother |
| ca, c | circa |
| cem | cemetery |
| ch | church |
| ch | children |
| chr | christened |
| co, cnty | county |
| d | died |
| dau | daughter |
| dec | deceased |
| desc | descendant |
| dist | district |
| d/o | daughter of |
| dy | died young |
| dy | day |
| est | estate |
| esq | esquire |
| et ux | and wife |
| et uxor | and wife |
| f, fa | father |
| fam | family |
| g, gr | grand |
| gd | granddaughter |
| gdprts | grandparents |
| gdfa, gf | grandfather |
| gdma, gm | grandmother |
| genr | generation |
| gg | great-great |
| ggd | great granddaughter |
| ggs | great grandson |
| gr | great, grand |
| grd | granddaughter |
| grs | grandson |
| grch | grandchildren |
| gs | grandson, gravestone |
| illegit | illegitimate |
| inf | infant, infancy |
| info | information |
| jr, jnr | junior |
| k | killed |
| kn | known |
| m | married |
| m. bn | marriage banns |
| mo, mos | month, months |
| mo, mos | mother, mothers |
| nd | no date |
| obit | obituary |
| ped | pedigree |
| posth | posthumous |
| prts | parents |
| s | son, spouse |
| s&h | son and heir |
| sis | sister |
| s/o | son of |
| spr | spinster |
| sr | senior |
| unkn | unknown |
| unm | unmarried |
| tn | town |
| tp, twp | township |
| w | wife |
| wd | widow |
| wdr | widower |
| wk | week |
| w/i | with issue |
| wo/i | without issue |
| yeo | yeoman |
| yr | year |
| yst | youngest |
