Genealogical Abbreviations and Latin Terms Rev to Z - International Institute

Abbreviations and Latin Words

Rev to Z

Note: Latin words are in italics

Rev	Reverend; Revolutionary; Revived
rev. ed.	Revised edition
RG	Registrar General; record group
Rgz	Recognizance
RIN	Record Identification Number on PAF
RIP	Requiescat in pace = may s/he rest in peace
Rl, rel	Relief, Relieved
RO	Record Office; Removal Order
RP	Reformed Presbyterian
RSA	Rural Sanitary Authority; Republic of South Africa
RSD	Rural Sanitary District
S	Siècle (century); Sepulture (burial);
s	Spinster; Son; Succeeded (to a title); Shilling; section
s and h	Son and heir
S (of) F	Society of Friends (Quakers)
s/gd	Step-granddaughter
s/gs	Step-grandson
s/sn	Sister’s son
SA	State Archives (preceded by US state initial)
SAC	School Attendance Committee
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope (British usage)
SAFHS	Scottish Association of Family History Societies
SAG	Society of Australian Genealogists
Salop	Shropshire
SAR	Member of The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
SASE	Self-addressed stamped envelope (North American usage)
Sasine	Scottish legal record of land transfer
SC	Settlement Certificate
sch	School
SE	Settlement Examination
sect.	Section
sel	Selected
Sen(t)	Sentence
sep	separate
sep., sepult	Sepultus = Buried
ser.	Series
serv.	Servant
SGS	Scottish Genealogy Society; Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
Sgt	Sergeant
Si, sis	Sister
sib(s)	Sibling(s)
sic	It says this, even though I know it is an error
Sig	Signature
SIG	Special Interest Group (of an FHS)
SisD	Sister’s daughter
SisH	Sister’s husband
SisS	Sister’s son
Slaw	Sister-in-law
So, s/o	Son of
Soc	Society
SOD	See original document
SOG or SoG	Society of Genealogists in London, England
soj	sojourner (temporary resident i.e. not settled here)
SoLa	Son-in-Law
sold	Soldier
Som Hse	Somerset House (former home of GRO, wills etc.)
SOSA #s	Standard pedigree chart numbering system, see Chart 16
Soton	Southampton
SP	State Papers
sp	Sine prole = Without issue
sp(in)	Spinster
sp(o)	Spouse
spl	Sine prole legitima (without legitimate issue)
spm	Sine prole mascula (without male issue)
spr.	Spinster
spur.	Spurius (illegitimate)
sq	Square
Sr.	(before a name) Sir
Sr. or sr.	(after a name) senior
SRA	Scottish Record Association
SRO	Scottish Record Office
SRS	Scottish Record Society
ss	Subsection
St.	Saint; Street
St. Cath’s	St. Catherine’s House (former home of GRO, now at FRC)
str	Street
suc.	Succeeded
SUE	Son of a United Empire Loyalist
Sup’an	Superannuation (pension)
supp.	Supplement
Sur.	Surrogate (= deputy)
Sur. Bk.	Survey Book
sus	Suspended
sv(t)	Servant
temp.	In the time of
tent	Tenant
testes	Witnesses
TMG	The Master Genealogist (a genealogy software programme)
tms	Times
TNA	The National Archives (of Britain, not just England)
tp	This Parish
transcr.	Transcriber
transl.	Translator
Ts	Typescript; Transcript
twp	Township
u	Unmarried
u(n)k	Unknown
u, un, unc	Uncle
U, Unit.	Unitarian
UC	Upper Canada (now Ontario)
UCC	United Church of Canada
UDC	United Daughters of the Confederacy
UE	United Empire Loyalist
UELAC	United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada
Ult	Ultimo = the preceding month; Last
un., unm.	Unmarried
Union, The	Workhouse of the Poor Law Union
Unit	Unitarian
UP	United Presbyterian Church (of Scotland)
USD	Urban Sanitary District
USN	United States Navy
ux	Uxor = Wife
v	Verso (the reverse side of a page, on left in a book, cf recto)
V	Vicar (of)
v fr	In lifetime of father
v. sub	Vide sub = See below
v. supra	Vide supra = See above
v.,vs.	Versus
VA	Vagrancy/Vagrant Arrival
Vac	Vaccination or vaccinated
VCH	Victoria County History (of counties in England)
VDM	Verbi Dei Minister = minister of the word of God
VE	Vagrancy/Vagrant Examination
Ven	Venerable
Ver.	Version
vid.	Widow(er)
vide	See
vidua	Widow
viduus	Widower
Viv	Was then living
Vix	Vixit = Lived
viz.	Videlicet = namely
vm	In the lifetime of mother
vol.	Volume; Volunteer
VP	Vagrancy/Vagrant Pass
VR	Vagrancy/Vagrant Removal
VRI	Vital Records Index, especially those sets produced on CD by FamilySearch by the professional-level extraction process
W	Will
W. M(eth).	Wesleyan Methodist
W. pr.	Will proved
W.d	Will dated
w/u	Wife’s uncle
Wes.	Wesleyan (Methodist)
wf	Wife
WH	Workhouse
wid.	Widow
widr.	Widower
WifB	Wife’s brother
WifC	Wife’s child
WifD	Wife’s daughter
WifF	Wife’s father
WifM	Wife’s mother
WifS	Wife’s son
wit	Witness
wk	Week
WM	Married woman
WO	War Office
wo	Without; Woman
WP	Pregnant woman
Wp(r)	Will proved
wrt	Wright
WS	Single woman; Writer to the Signet (Scottish lawyer)
Wt. Bk.	Warrant Book
wto	Without
WU	Unknown woman
WW	Widowed woman
X	extinction of line
x	Extinct (of a peerage etc.)
Xian	Christian
Xt	Christ
Xus	Christus (Christ)
yeo.	Yeoman
Yr, yrs	Year(s)
yst	Youngest

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