Last modified: February 22 2007.
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| | GENEALOGY ABBREVIATIONS: |
EXTRACTION OR MEANING: |
| Annus |
Year |
| AVRI |
Australian Vital Records Index |
| Banns |
Publication of an upcoming marriage, a certain amount of time before the marriage takes place. This gives time for anyone who may have cause to protest. In most churches, including the Anglican Church, the banns were read aloud on three successive Sundays to the congregation.
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| Bapt. |
Baptised, Baptism |
| BDM |
Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Canon law |
Law of the church |
| c., ca |
Circa |
| CF |
Came free, i.e. not as a convict |
| CG |
Certified Genealogist |
| Chr. |
Christening |
| CP |
Conditional Pardon |
| Dau |
Daughter |
| DBW, DBH, DBS |
Dearly Beloved Wife, Husband, Son |
| DEG |
Dang Elusive Grand |
| DII |
Died in infancy. |
| Div. |
Divorced |
| Do |
Ditto |
| D.S.P. |
Decessit sine prole (died without issue) |
| D.S.P.I. |
Decessit sine prole legitima (died with legitimate issue) |
| D.S.P.M. |
Decessit sine prole mascula (died without male issue) |
| D.S.P.M.S. |
Decessit sine prole mascula superstita (died without surviving male issue) |
| D.S.P.S. |
Decessit sine prole superstita (died without surviving issue) |
| D.UNM |
Died unmarried |
| D.V.P. |
Decessit vita patris (died in the lifetime of his father) |
| D.V.M. |
Decessit vita matris (died in the lifetime of his mother) |
| EDO, YDO |
Eldest daughter of, Youngest daughter of (same for son) |
| FS |
Free servant |
| GEDCOM |
Genealogy Data Communications. This is the method used by different genealogy programs to "talk" to each other. A GEDCOM file is a file which holds all your genealogical information which has been exported from your family tree file. It can be sent to other researchers, uploaded to various sites on the net, imported into a different program and converted to HTML. |
| GNU |
Given (first) name unknown |
| GS |
Government servant i.e. a convict still serving his sentence |
| IGI |
International Genealogical Index |
| Illeg. |
Illegitimate |
| Inst. |
Present month, i.e. instans (Latin) |
| IMHO |
In my humble opinion |
| ITPO |
In the presence of |
| KIA |
Killed in action |
| LDS |
Latter Day Saints ... which is short for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| M.G. |
Minister of the Gospel |
| MNU |
Maiden Name Unknown |
| O.S.P. |
Obit sine posteris (died without issue) |
| Par |
Parish |
| PR |
Parish Register |
| Prob. |
Probate |
| SKS |
Some kind soul, i.e. I need SKS's help ... |
| SNU |
Surname Unknown |
| SSDI |
Social Security Death Index |
| Testes |
Witnesses |
| TPI |
Tasmanian Pioneer Index |
| TWP |
Township |
| UFO |
Unknown Family Origin |
| Ult. |
Late, i.e. ultimo (Latin) |
| WGH |
Wily GEDCOM Harvester |
