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used in the context of a name. For surnames, it is normally the closest known related surname, e.g., a husband's surname for a married female. For a given name, they normally enclose a relationship which helps to identify the individual. |
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used in the context of a note usually indicates a research comment, rather than an exposition of fact. |
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indicates an individual known to have lived in either the Brookhaven or South Haven Hamlets, or to have had a close association with these communities. |
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braces surrounding a place name indicates some uncertainty about the event location. For example, the person was living at the location, but it's not proved that the event occurred there. |
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< |
indicates an individual was/is a direct descendent of a Brookhaven or South Haven Hamlet resident. |
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> |
indicates an individual was a direct ancestor of a Brookhaven or South Haven Hamlet resident. |
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>< |
indicates individual was both an ancestor and a descendent of a Hamlet resident, but did not live in the Hamlet |
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indicates an individual who was a member of or had a close association with the South Haven Presbyterian Church in the 17th and early 18th centuries, but apparently was not living in either Brookhaven or South Haven Hamlets. |
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a. |
about, age, acre, ante, aunt |
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a.a.r. |
against all risks |
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a.c. |
attested copy; account current |
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a.k.a. |
also known as |
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a.l.s. |
autographed letter signed |
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a.o. |
account of |
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a.w.c. |
admon. (letters of administration) with will and codicil annexed |
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AASP |
American Antiquarian Society Proceedings |
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ab. |
about; abbey |
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abbr. |
abbreviation |
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abd. |
abdicated |
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Abp. |
Archbishop |
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abr. |
abridged; abridgment |
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abs. or abstr. |
abstract |
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abt. |
about |
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AC |
Ante Christum; ancestor chart |
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acad. |
academy |
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acc. |
according to; account; accompanied |
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acco. |
account |
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accu. |
accurate |
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ackd. |
acknowledged |
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actg. |
acting |
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Ad |
adopted; AdCl - adopted child; AdD - adopted daughter, etc. |
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AD |
[Latin] Anno Domin |
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adj. |
adjoining; adjutant; adjourned |
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adm. |
admission; admitted |
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admin. |
administration; administrator |
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Admon. |
letters of administration |
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admr. |
administration |
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af. or afft. |
affidavit |
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aft. |
after |
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AL |
American Legion |
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ald. |
alderman |
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alleg. |
allegiance |
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als. |
alias |
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anc. |
ancestry; ancestor; ancient |
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annot. |
annotated |
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ano. |
another |
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anon. |
anonymous |
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ant. |
antiquary; antonym |
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antiq. |
antiquary; antiquities; antiquity; antiquarian |
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AOP |
American Order of Pioneers |
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Ap |
apprentice |
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APG |
Association of Professional Genealogists |
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APJI |
Association for Protection of Jewish Immigrants |
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app. |
apprentice; aprpoximately; appendix; appointed |
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App. Div. |
Appelate division |
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appr. |
appraisment |
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apprd. |
apprised; appeared |
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approx. |
approximately |
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apptd. |
appointed |
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appx. |
appendix |
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ar. co. |
artillery company |
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arr. |
arrived |
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ascert. |
ascertain(ed) |
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ASG |
American Society of Genealogists |
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asgd. |
assigned |
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asr. |
assessor |
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assn. or assoc. |
association |
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asso. |
associated; associate |
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Asst |
assistant |
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At |
Attendant |
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atty. |
attorney |
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au. |
gold |
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aud. |
auditor |
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AWOL |
absent without leave |
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b. |
born; bondsman; banns; book; birth; bachelor; brother |
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B.B. |
Bail Bond |
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b.d. or bdt. |
birth date |
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b.i.l. or Bl |
brother-in-law |
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B.M. |
Bench Mark; British Museum |
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b.o.t.p. |
both of this parish |
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B.S. |
in court records, Bill of Sale |
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B.T. |
Bishop's Transcripts |
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ba. |
bachelor; baptized |
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bach. or batch. |
bachelor |
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bap or bapt. |
baptized; baptism |
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BBoy |
bound boy |
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bcer |
birth certificate |
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BCG |
Board for Certification of Genealogists |
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bd. |
bound; buried |
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bec. |
because; became |
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bef. |
before |
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bet. |
between |
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BGirl |
bound girl |
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BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
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biog. |
biography |
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bish. |
bishop |
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bks. |
books; barracks |
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bl. |
bibliography |
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BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
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BLW |
Bount Land Warrant |
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bndsmn. |
bondsman |
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Bo |
boarder |
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bo or bot. |
bought; bottom |
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bp. |
baptized; birthplace |
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bpl. |
birthplace |
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bpt. |
baptized |
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Br. |
British |
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br. or bro |
brother |
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bro-i-l |
brother-in-law |
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bur. or bu |
buried |
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C of A |
Coat of Arms |
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c. |
cousin; circa; codicil |
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c.r. |
church report |
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c.s. |
copy signed |
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ca. |
circa |
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Cap or capt. |
captain; captured; captivity |
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CAR |
National Society, Children of the American Revolution |
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catal. |
catalogue |
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cath. |
cathedral |
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CC |
County Clerk; county court, county commissioner; company commander |
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CCP |
Court of Common Pleas |
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CDA |
Colonial Dames of America |
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CDIB |
Certified Degree of Indian Blood |
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cem. |
cemetery |
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cen. or cens. |
census |
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cent. |
century |
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cer. or cert. |
certificate |
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cf. |
confer |
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CG |
Certified Genealogist |
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CH |
Court House |
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ch. |
child; children; church; chief, chaplain |
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ch/o |
child of |
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Cha |
chamber maid |
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chan. |
chancery |
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chldn. or chn. |
children |
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chr. or chris. |
christened |
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cir. |
circa |
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civ. |
civil |
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CJ |
County Judge |
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Cl |
child |
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clk. |
clerk |
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CO |
commanding officer; Colonial Office |
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co. |
county; company |
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cod. |
codicil |
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col. |
colony; colonel |
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coll. |
college; collections |
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com. |
commissioner; commander; commentary; committee; common; commoner; communicate, companion |
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comm. |
commissioners |
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comp. |
company |
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confer. |
conferred |
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conject. |
conjecture |
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cont. |
continued |
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contr. |
contract |
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corp. |
corporal |
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couns. |
counsellor |
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cous. |
cousin |
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coven. |
covenant |
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CRA |
Church Records Archives |
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crspd. |
correspond; correspondence |
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CSA |
Confederate States of America |
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csn. |
cousin; cousins |
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ct. |
court; citation; county |
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CW |
Civil War; church warden |
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d. |
died; death; daughter |
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d. & coh. |
daughter and coheiress |
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d. & h. |
daughter and heiress |
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d.s. |
document signed; died single |
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d.s.p. |
[Latin] descessit sine parole; died without issue |
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d.s.p.m. |
[Latin] descessit sine parole mascula; died without male issue |
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d.y. |
died young |
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d/o |
daughter of |
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DA |
District Attorney |
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da. |
daughter; day |
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DAB |
Dictionary of American Biography |
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DAC |
National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists |
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DAR |
Daughters of the American Revolution |
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dau. or daugr |
daughter |
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dau-i-l |
daughter-in-law |
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daus. |
daughters |
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DAV |
Disabled American Veterans |
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DB |
Domesday Book |
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DC |
District of Columbia; Deputy Clerk; Deputy County Clerk |
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DCG |
Descendants of Colonial Governors |
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d'd. |
deceased |
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dea or deac. |
deacon |
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dec. or dec'd |
deceased |
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decis. |
decision |
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degr. |
degree |
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dep. |
deputy; depot |
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dept. |
department |
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desc. |
descendant |
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devis. |
devised |
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DFPA |
Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America |
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dil. |
daughter-in-law |
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dio. |
diocese |
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dis. |
discharge |
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discip. |
discipline |
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dist. |
district |
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div. |
division; divided; divorced; divinity |
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do. |
ditto |
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doc or docum. |
document |
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dom. |
domestic |
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dpl. |
death place |
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DR |
Daughter of the Revolution; Diocesan Registry |
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dr. |
doctor; dram |
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ds. |
deaths; daughters |
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dsct. |
descendant |
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dt. |
date |
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dto. |
ditto |
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dtr. |
daughter |
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dt's. |
delirium tremens |
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dum. or d. um. |
died unmarried |
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DVR |
Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge |
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E. |
East or eastern |
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E.D. |
Enumeration District |
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easi. |
easily |
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ecux. |
executrix; a female executor |
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ed. |
edited; edition; editor |
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educ. |
education; educated |
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Emp |
employee |
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En |
engineer |
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Eng. |
England |
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eno. |
enough |
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ens. |
ensign |
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ensu. |
ensuing |
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est. |
estate;established |
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establ. |
establishment |
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estd. |
estimated |
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et. vir. |
and husband |
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etc. |
[Latin] etcetera; and so forth |
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exc. |
except; excellency; excepted; exchange |
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exec. or exor. or exr. |
executor |
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exox. |
executrix |
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exs. |
executors |
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exx. |
executrix |
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f. |
father; female; folio; feast; feet; farm; following |
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F.A. |
Field Artillery |
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F.B. |
Family Bible |
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f.e. |
for example |
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f.m. |
free mulatto |
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f.n. |
free negro |
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fa. |
father |
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FaH |
farm hand; FaW - farm worker |
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fam. |
family; families |
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FARC |
Federal Archives and Records Centers (branches of the National Archives |
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FASG |
Fellow American Society of Genealogists |
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father-in-l |
father-in-law |
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ff. |
following (pages), foster father |
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FF's |
First Families |
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FFV |
First Families of Virginia |
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FGRA |
Family Group Record Archives |
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FGS |
Federation of Genealogical Societies |
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FHC |
Family History Center |
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FHL |
Family History Library |
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Fi |
fireman |
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fidel. |
fidelity |
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fil. or f.inl or FL |
father-in-law |
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FM |
foster mother |
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foll. |
following; followed |
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FR |
Family Registry |
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freem. |
freeman; freemen |
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ft. |
foot; fort |
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g. |
grand; great |
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G.B. |
Great Britain |
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g.r. |
grave record |
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g.s. |
grave stone |
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GA |
great aunt |
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GAR |
Grand Army of the Republic |
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gch. or gcl |
grandchildren |
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GD |
granddaughter |
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gdn. |
guardian |
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GEDCOM |
GEnealogical Data COMmunication |
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GF |
grandfather |
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GGF |
great-grandfather; GGGF - great-great-grandfather, etc. |
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GGM |
great-grandmother; GGGM - great-great-grandmother, etc. |
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GH |
Genelaogical Helper |
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giv. |
given; giving |
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GLC |
Genealogical Library Catalog |
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GLO |
General Land Office |
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gm. |
grandmother |
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Go |
governess |
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godf. |
godfather |
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godm. |
godmother |
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gp. |
grandparents |
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GPAI |
Genealogical Periodical Annual Index |
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gr. |
grand; great; grant; graduate |
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grf. |
grandfather |
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grmo. |
grandmother |
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grs. or GS |
grandson |
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GSW 1812 |
General Society of the War of 1812 |
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Gt. Br. |
Great Britain |
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gt. gr. |
great grand |
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GTT |
Gone to Texas |
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GU |
great uncle |
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Gua |
guardian |
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h. |
husband; heir; heiress |
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hdgrs. |
headquarters |
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HEIC |
Honourable East India Comapny |
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her. |
heraldry |
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hers. |
herself |
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Hh |
hired hand |
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hims. |
himself</ |
