Forum: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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...

In various legal/court records/committal papers I have seen statements such as "can read and write imp. average intelligence", or in book records a column headed "Degree of Instruction" and similar abbr. appear. "well" "imp" "n". Am I to assume this all refers to the person's education - "well"...

On my 3gr grandfather's death certificate in fife in 1861, his father's occupation was listed as M - D. i thought it might be an M.D, ie a doctor, but it looks like a dash rather than a full stop between the M and the D. my 3gr was a market gardener himself, and there is no evidence of other...

Hi, on a prison admissions register, along with the prisoners person details ( height,age,hair colour etc) it says education r.w.m. What does stand for? Thanks Graham.

just in case anyone out there who's searching comes across the term Vita Matris.:out: I was trawling through a list of my own ancestors, which, purely by luck, someone else had included during their own searches, and listed as the wife of one of them (in the C17th) was "Vita Matris". Not being...

I would be grateful if someone can tell me what L M stands for in the Naval medal and award rolls on Ancestry. Thanks for any help. Jacky160

I've seen "Jno" over and over again as a short-form for a name, in census reports, along the lines of Jas=James, Thos=Thomas, etc. Does it stand for Jonathan? I can't come up with anything that fits. Thanks, Shirley

Can anyone explain what em'ee means. I've come across it on numerous in occasions while searching through census records but have not been able to find an explanation for the term. Also, is there a site anywhere that lists such terms and their meaning

Hi, Can anyone explain what 'cet.' means in the margin of baptism records, please? Thank you!

A friend let me know about a site with transcriptions from gravestones in cemeteries from all over the world and, having found some of my relatives, I was working through them, but I am intrigued by one of the abbreviations used. There are: m/o; d/o; w/o; f/o; s/o; h/o; which are fairly clear,...

Hi, Could anyone tell me what the "Reg" & "BT" Means in a Baptism record. I have "Mead in reg : Meade in BT" As I understand it, reg would be "registered" & Bt is "Bishops Transcript" This is pretty important to me as I am a Meade, although when I traced back beyond 1898, it appears I...

I have found some old documentation in which it says in regard to the distribution of one hundred pounds benefaction "to Richard Hatton, xijd, to his sister Mary Yeats xijd, unto George Stanton ijs, and thus much after this manner...." I assume that it is an amount of money but how to interpret it?...

hi all with many thanks to others on this forum ,i have progressed to relatives marriage dated 1798 ,between joseph mackrill and sarah fox , they were both listed as residents off : H.M.E.O.T what does this stand for ? can anyone help ? dean

Can anyone make out what this road name is? http://picasaweb.google.com/janebriggs58/Desktop02?authkey=Gv1sRgCPzr_5SfmprCIw# It's the 1861 England Census Record for J Jones (my 2xgreat grandmother) but I can't make out the road name. I have gone through the 'Victorian London A-Z Street Index'...