Sharing the past with the future.

Home Who What Where

Contact Kelly  ·  Submit Data  ·  Request A Lookup  ·  Search This Site  ·  Our Abbreviations

Our Commonly Used Abbreviations
The following is a chart of frequently used abbreviations on this site & in genealogy.   This list is not inclusive.
2 Second / 2nd (i.e.: w2/o = second wife of)
abt
about
æ, Æ
age
b
born or birth
bef
before
bur
buried or burial
c
circa or about
cem
cemetery
cgs
county genealogical society
chs
county historical society
co, c
county
d
died or death
d, da
day
D.A.R. / DAR
Daughters of the American Revolution
dau
daughter

d/o

daughter of

f/o

father of

gd/o

granddaughter of

gs/o

grandson of

GEDCOM
Genealogical Data Communication (standard genealogy file format)
gen, g
genealogy or genealogical
GPC
Genealogical Publishing Company
GS
genealogical Society
h
husband
hist, hs
historical
Inf.
Infant
LDS
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
m, mar
married or marriage
m, mo
month

m/o

mother of

o, /o
of (i.e.: s/o = son of)
sis
sister
s
son

s/o

son of

soc, s
society
w
wife
y
year or years
?
illegible
-
information not available
 

To Top of Page  ·  Back to What at Kindred Roots  ·  Home

339,000+ visitors since 08 Oct 2002.  

Please set your computer monitor to 1024x768 resolution to view the web site properly.

All works ©2002-2008 by Kelly Miller, James McDonald, or as noted. Data to our best knowledge & is not absolute!

All contents for personal, non-profit use only & may not be used or reposted for profit or personal gain. Contact webmaster to use any material posted on this site.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it ~ Albert Schweitzer