Forum: Acronyms and Abbreviations

I have my great grandads photo album, he has a picture of a lady & a man, with the title Effie & Uncle underneath. I can't think of anything Effie would be short for...Any Ideas???

On two occassions now I have found people who belonged to the P S A. There was a cricket ground in my local town named as the P S A playing field. After much searching and asking no one seems to really know what this association was or is.

Can anyone tell me what the abbreviations mean on a 1927 Electoral Roll. Beside the names there is either an R , O or HO. There seems to be 2 columns and a column of numbers to start with. Thanks Dawn

A double mystery (to me at least). I have a Scotland baptism record for Robert Monro Peterkin 1845, son of James Peterkin and Marjory Monro. In the margin is the surname Peterkin, but written underneath is Morice app 156. I'm not sure if it is Morice or Mouce. Any ideas what the entry means?...

I have a baptism record from 1811 Lanarkshire, scotland. It lists the mother as "Margaret Newlands sp. A.D.N." I am presuming the sp means spouse as she wasn't a spinster but unclear about ADN. Any ideas anyone? Thank you

Good afternoon all we have recently uncovered an early photograph/print of my grandfather , we have roughly dated it 1922-1926 , as this was the period he demobbed and before he was married . On his lapel of his suit jacket there is a small badge , approx 10-15mm dia , it appears to have a...

Hi I was looking up an electoral register from around 1925 and against the column qualification it had the initials HO/HO. Then on a later electoral register the same person had the qualification initials RW/OW. Would anyone be able to tell me what they meant. Any help with this would be...

Hi, I'm looking at a Scottish birth certificate and after the married name of the mother it says M.S. Lawrie. Does this mean nee? Thanks for your help.

hi i noticed two people (aged 20 and 15) on the census under the occupation heading as having what looked like a capital D with a sort of curved tail to the right. i wondered if this meant disabled. i've not seen it elsewhere although i'm fairly new to this. any ideas? thanks

Does anyone know what SOSA stands for? :out: I am currently researching French Genealogy, and have come across these initials several times, but cannot find their meaning. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

I am not entirely sure if this is the correct place to ask this question, but as abbreviations are involved there may be some relevance. Briefly, when citing websites as footnote sources, such as: "(http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t43/1)" Do these count as "books" or "articles". In...

Hi, I am new here and English is not my native language. I have a transcript of a parish register from Giggleswick in York. There I find the following: "Dec 13 Ellena Sommerskales ancilla". A search on Wikipedia leads me to believe that Ancilla means that Ellena was unmarried when she died. Is...

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question so forgive me. In a previous thread I had some help tracing a relative called Harry. but once found I could not go any further back as he does not appear on any census. Yet when checking the census records there is a Henry that fits his criteria...

Hi Not been on here for a while. Quite busy. I recently found a Philadelphia Passenger Card Index list for 1883-1948 and as my ancestor Thomas Musgrave went there in September 1886 this will hold more info on his emigration. However it is indexed by a Soundex Index database by first letter of...

Hi Please could someone tell me what the name JNO is short for? I found the name in the IGI and not sure if it is a short version of John. Thanks Val

1824/1825 Baines Directory Lockey Chpr. Vict. 'Squirrel' This is referring to the licensed victualler of the Squirrel Hotel in Anderton. The rest of the names are listed surname then first name. What is his first name?

Has anyone ever come across the term "non praptor" in any Scottish records ? I have been asked to assist in finding out what the term means. In this particular case it is applied to two children born about 1858. The document is a list of children maybe in a workhouse. (some children listed as...

Robert Danskin G.H. married Grace Hope Spr (spinster?) 12 Sept 1772 at All Saints Newcastle Upon Tyne. I assume the G.H. refers to his work/profession but what is it?

Hi, A marriage record from 1812 states: Edwd Meddings (b) (w) - Eleanor Garard (sp) (w) I know that Edward was a widower, but why list the (b), which I assume means bachelor? What else could the b stand for? And sp I assume is spinster, and w; widow, again why list both. I looked at...