abt. – about
aft. – after
anc. – ancestor(s)
arr. – arrival
b. – born/birth
bapt. – baptized
bd. – before bet. – between
bro(s). – brothers
bur. – burial
ca. – approximate date
cem. – cemetery
ch. – child, church
chil. – children
Co. – County, Company
CSA – Confederate States of America
CW – Civil War
d. – died/death
dau. – daughter
desc. – descendant(s)
Dist. – District
div. – divorce
emig. – emigrated
esp. – especially
f. – father
fam. – family
fol. – following
gc. – grandchildren
gdau. – granddaughter
gf. – grandfather
g-gf. – great-grandfather
g-gmor. – great-grandmother
gmor. – grandmother
gp. – grandparents
gs. – grandson
hush.- husband
imm. – immigrant, immigrated
incl. – including
info. – information
Iv. – lived, living
m. – marriage
m. (I) – married first
m. (2) – married second
mig. – migrated
mor. – mother
nat. – naturalize, naturalization
p. – parents
Par. – Parish
pl. – place
poss. – possible, possibly
Presb. – Presbyterian
prob. – probably
Prov. – Province
rec. – record(s)
rel. – relative(s)
rem. – removed
res. – residence/resided
Rev. – Reverend
RW – Revolutionary War
sib. – sibling(s)
sis. – sister(s)
sp. – spouse(s)
Twp. – Township
unk. – unknown
unm. – unmarried
w/ – with
w/o – without
wd. – will dated
wid. – widow(er)
wp. – will proved
1/h – first husband
2/h – second husband
1/w – first wife
2/w – second wife
US and Territories
AL – Alabama
AK – Alaska
AR – Arkansas
AZ – Arizona
CA – California
CO – Colorado
CT – Connecticut
DE – Delaware
DC – District of Columbia
DT – Dakota Territory
FL – Florida
GA – Georgia
GU – Guam
HI – Hawaii
ID – Idaho
IL – Illinois
IN – Indiana
IA – Iowa
KS – Kansas
KY – Kentucky
LA – Louisiana
MA – Massachusetts
MD – Maryland
ME – Maine
MI – Michigan
MN – Minnesota
MS – Mississippi
MO – Missouri
MT – Montana
NC – North Carolina
ND – North Dakota
NE – Nebraska
NV – Nevada
NH – New Hampshire
NJ – New Jersey
NM – New Mexico
NY – New York
OH – Ohio
OK – Oklahoma
OR – Oregon
OT – Oklahoma Territory
PA – Pennsylvania
PR – Puerto Rico
RI – Rhode Island
SC – South Carolina
SD – South Dakota
TN – Tennessee
TX – Texas
UT – Utah
VT – Vermont
VA – Virginia
VI – Virgin Islands
WA – Washington
WV – West Virginia
WI – Wisconsin
WY – Wyoming
Foreign Countries and States
AC – Alsace-Lorraine
AG – Argentina
AS – Australia
AU – Austria
AS – Azores
BB – Barbados
BA – Bavaria
BE – Belgium
BO – Bohemia
CN – Canada
CH – Chile
CU – Cuba
CZ – Czechoslovakia
DK – Denmark
EN – England
FI – Finland
FR – France
GE – Germany
HA – Haiti
HO – Holland
HU – Hungary
IR – Ireland
IT – Italy
LI – Lithuania
LX – Luxembourg
MX – Mexico
NB – New Brunswick
NF – Newfoundland
NS – Nova Scotia
NW – Norway
PO – Portugal
PL – Poland
PU – Prussia
RA – Russia
SA – South Africa
SI – Singapore
SL – Silesia
SN – Sweden
SP – Spain
ST – Scotland
SW – Switzerland
WD – West Indes
WE – Wales
YG – Yugoslavia