ABBREVIATIONS

Admon – letters of administration applied for when a person dies intestate (without leaving a Will)

afsd – aforesaid

Ag lab – agricultural labourer (the most common form of ancestor to us all!)

B – Burial register

bach – bachelor

Base Born – Illegitimate

bn – born

bp or bpt – baptised

b or bur – buried

b.o.t.p. – both of this parish

BTs – bishops’ transcripts

c – circa (about)

C – christening register

cod – codicil

coh – coheiress

CRO – County Record Office

cum – with or nearby (used in connection with two adjacent places)

d – died (deceased)

dau – daughter

dd – dated

DNB – Dictionary of National Biography

d.s.p. – decessit sine prole (died without issue)

d.s.p.m. – died without male issue

d.s.p. legit – died without legitimate offspring

dvp – died during father`s lifetime

Esq – esquire

FHS – family history society

FFHS – Federation of Family History Societies

fils – son (Latin)

fl – flourished

f.p. – foreign parts

gent – gentleman

GRO – General Register Office

IGI – International Genealogical Index

indp – of independent means

inv – inventory

k – killed

lic – licence (marriage licence)

M – Marriage Register

ML – marriage licence

m – married

MI – monumental inscription

ms – manuscript

obit – obituary

o.b.s.p.legil – died without legitimate offspring

o.t.p. – of this parish

oi – other issue

pr – (will) proved

PRO – Public Record Office

PRs – parish registers

Relict – widow of …

RSD – Rural Sanitary District (1872 before 1894)

RD – Registration District (Civil Registration)

RDC – Rural District Council (after 1894)

s – son.

s and h – son and heir

SD – Sub District (Civil Registration).

SoG – Society of Genealogists

sp – spinster

temp – in the time of

ts – typescript.

UDC – Urban District Council (after 1894)

unm (coelebs) – unmarried

USD – Urban Sanitary District (1872 before 1894)

uxor – wife (Latin, found in older parish registers)

wid – widow

widr – widower