Genealogical Abbreviations and Latin Terms MI to Rev - International Institute
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Abbreviations and Latin Words[edit | edit source]
MI to Rev[edit | edit source]
Note: Latin words are in italics
| MI |
Monumental (gravestone) Inscription, or Marriage Index |
| Mid Anc |
Midland Ancestor (journal) |
| mil |
Military |
| Min’s |
Minutes |
| minr |
Minister |
| Misc |
Miscellaneous |
| mkr |
Maker |
| ML |
Marriage licence |
| Mlaw |
Mother-in-Law |
| MM |
Monthly Meeting (of Quakers); Married man/male |
| MO |
Medical Officer; Maintenance Order |
| mo |
Mother |
| MoD |
Ministry of Defence (Britain) |
| MoH |
Ministry of Health |
| mon |
Month |
| Mot |
Mother |
| MOT |
Ministry of Transport |
| MP |
Member of Parliament |
| mrd |
Married |
| MRIN |
Marriage Record Identification Number on PAF |
| MS |
Male servant; Maiden surname (Scotland); Single male/man |
| ms(s) |
Manuscript and manuscripts |
| mtg |
Meeting |
| mtge |
Mortgage |
| mthr |
Mother |
| mtn |
Mountain |
| MU |
Male/man unknown |
| MW |
Widowed male/man; Maintenance Warrant |
| n |
Nephew |
| N (and) Q |
Notes and Queries (magazine) |
| n. |
Notes |
| n., na., |
Born |
| NA or N/A |
Not Applicable |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration (USA) |
| NAS |
National Archives of Scotland |
| nat. |
Natural (illegitimate); Natus (born); Naturalized, naturalization |
| NB |
North Britain i.e. Scotland; Nota bene = note well; New Brunswick |
| nd |
No (publication) date |
| NDP |
Name-Date-Place |
| NE |
Nouvelle Écosse (Nova Scotia) |
| né(e) |
Born |
| NEHGS |
New England Historic Genealogical Society (Massachusetts) |
| Nep(os) |
Nepos = grandson |
| NG |
New (Burial) Ground |
| NGD |
National Genealogical Directory |
| NGS |
National Genealogical Society (USA) |
| NI |
No issue (children) |
| ni, nie, niec |
Niece |
| NK |
Not Known |
| NLA |
National Library of Australia |
| NLW |
National Library of Wales |
| nn. |
Notes |
| NO |
Territoires du Nord-Ouest (North West Territories) |
| No. |
Number |
| notp |
Not of this parish |
| np |
No publisher given |
| nr |
Near |
| NRA |
National Register of Archives |
| NRS |
National Records of Scotland |
| NS |
New Style (Dates); New Series; Nova Scotia |
| Nunc |
Nuncupative (oral) will |
| nupt |
Were married |
| NW(T) |
North West Territories |
| NZSG |
New Zealand Society of Genealogists |
| O or Ont |
Ontario |
| o(e)st |
Oldest |
| OAP |
Old Age Pensioner |
| ob. coel. |
Died a bachelor |
| ob. inf. |
Died in infancy |
| ob. inf. Set. |
Died a minor |
| ob. inn. |
Died a spinster |
| ob. juv. |
Died in childhood |
| ob., obiit |
Died |
| obit. |
Obituary |
| obs |
Obsolete |
| OC |
Order in Council (Canadian land grants) |
| Oc(c) |
Occupier, occupied |
| ODR |
Out Door Relief |
| OED |
Oxford English Dictionary |
| OG |
Old (Burial) Ground |
| OGS |
Ontario Genealogical Society |
| OIOC |
Oriental & India Office Collection at the British Library (formerly India Office Library) |
| OLRI |
Ontario Land Records Index |
| ONS |
Office of National Statistics (England and Wales); One Name Study (q.v.) |
| OPCS |
Office of Population and Census Statistics (now ONS) |
| OPR |
Old Parochial Register (of Scotland) |
| OR |
Outdoor Relief |
| OS |
Old Style (dates); Old Series |
| ospm |
Obiit sine prole mascula = died without male issue |
| otp |
Of this parish |
| P |
Pauper, Parish, Pensioner |
| P and QS |
Pleas and Quarter Sessions |
| P Bapt |
Part Baptism |
| p., pp. |
Page(s) |
| p’ish |
Parish |
| pa |
Per annum |
| Pa and a date] |
Publicly admitted into the church on [often combined with P.b.] |
| PAF |
Personal Ancestral File (a genealogy software programme) |
| Par(s) |
Parent(s); Parish(es); Male witness or sponsor(s) at baptism (French Canadian) |
| Pat. Bk. |
Patent Book |
| Pb [and a date] |
Privately baptized, [often combined with P.a.] |
| PCC |
Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Parochial Church Council |
| PCLP |
Presbyterian – Canada and Lower Provinces |
| Pcu |
Peculiar Court |
| Pcur. |
Proxy |
| PCY |
Prerogative Court of York |
| pd |
Paid; Per diem (day) |
| Pe(c) |
Peculiar /PeculiarCourt |
| PEI |
Prince Edward Island |
| pens |
Pension(er) |
| penult |
Penultimate month i.e. two months ago |
| perf |
Performed |
| PERSI |
Periodical Source Index |
| PFC |
Presbyterian Free Church |
| PH |
Poor House (workhouse); Public House (pub) |
| Phil. |
Phillimore Marriage Register transcripts |
| PL |
Poor Law |
| pl |
Place |
| PLB |
Poor Law Board |
| PLC |
Poor Law Commission; nowadays also Public Liability Company |
| PLCGS |
Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies |
| PLU |
Poor Law Union |
| PLW |
Power Loom Weaver |
| PM |
Primitive Methodist |
| pm |
Per month; Post meridian (afternoon); Post Mortem |
| Pmeth |
Primitive Methodist |
| POA |
Power of Attorney |
| POW |
Prisoner of War |
| pp |
Privately printed |
| PPR |
Principal Probate Registry |
| pq |
Per quarter |
| pr |
Proved; Probated |
| PR |
Parish Register |
| Pr |
Mt Primitive Methodist |
| preg |
Pregnant |
| Pres |
Presbyterian |
| Pres(b) |
Presbyterian |
| Prim |
Primitive |
| PRO |
Public Record Office at Kew, Surrey, England. (Now TNA - The National Archives) for Britain, not just England |
| prob |
Probate |
| PROB |
Letter code for PCC probate records |
| procd |
Proclaimed |
| Prot |
Protestant |
| Prov |
Province, provincial |
| PRs |
Parish Registers |
| prt |
Parent |
| Pt. |
Part |
| ptd. |
Printed work |
| Pts. |
In partibus transmarinis = Foreign Parts i.e. outside England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
| put |
Putative |
| PVRL |
Parish and Vital Records List guides to records at the FamilySearch Library |
| pw |
Per week |
| py |
Per year |
| Q |
Quarter |
| Q(ue) |
Quebec |
| QC Deed |
Quit Claim Deed |
| QFGS |
Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies |
| QS |
Quarter Sessions |
| Qtr |
Quarter |
| Quaere |
Unproven but probable |
| qv |
Quod vide = which see |
| R |
Rector (of); Recto (the right side of a page, cf verso) |
| R Dist. |
Rural District |
| R(n)t |
Rent(ed) |
| RA |
Record Agent (Australian credential) |
| RC |
Roman Catholic |
| rcd, |
Record RD Registration District |
| Rd |
Road |
| RDC |
Rural District Council |
| rec. |
Record |
| Ref |
Reformed |
| reg |
Regular |
| Reg(s) |
Register(s) |
| Reg. Dist. |
Registration District |
| Reg’ns |
Regulations |
| Reg’t |
Regiment |
| rel. |
Relict (the man’s widow); Relative; Religion, religious |
| relicta |
Widow |
| relictus |
Widower |
| res |
Resident, reside(d) |
| Rev |
Reverend; Revolutionary; Revived |
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