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Family tree abbreviations


From Lawpack's Trace your Family Tree Kit.

Abbreviations commonly used by genealogy historians:

 bach.  bachelor
 b.  born
 bap.  baptised
 b.o.t.p  both of this parish
 bur.  buried
 by lic.  by licence
 c.  about
 co.  county
 cod.  codicil
 d.  died
 dau.  daughter
 d.s.p.  died childless
 g.f.  grandfather
 g.m.  grandmother
 g.g.f.  great-grandfather
 g.g.m.  great-grandmother
 inf.  infant
 lic.  licence
 m. or mar.  married
 MI  monumental inscription
 ML  marriage licence
 o.s.p or ob.s.p  died childless
 o.t.p.  of this parish
 pr.  (Will) proved
 s.  son
 spin.  spinster
 unm.  unmarried
 w.  wife
 wdr.  widower
 wid.  widow

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