Abbreviations Lists for Personal Names (English): Difference between revisions

'''Problem:''' We often find an abbreviation for a person's name in an old source and need to know what name it represents. Or, we know the name, but wonder how it might be abbreviated in an index or database.<br><br>'''Solution:''' Use a wiki list of abbreviations for personal names like the one listed below. Add to it anytime you find additional abbreviations and figure out what names they represent. <br><br>'''Value.''' Such a list will expand as users add to it. Also, it can be searched (['''Ctrl'''] '''F''') for the full name in order to learn possible abbreviations.<br><br>

[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Abbreviations_for_English_given_names List of abbreviations for English given names - Wikipedia] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Abbreviations_for_English_given_names<br><br>[http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/x-prop.html Old Style Abbreviations - Proper Names] - shows handwriting images http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/x-prop.html

[http://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/realnames.htm Real Names and Abbreviations] includes many Latin abbreviations http://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/realnames.htm<br><br>

Kip Sperry, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1123166&disp=Abbreviations+&+acronyms&columns=*,0,0 ''Abbreviations &amp; Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians''], rev. ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2003) [US/CAN REF AREA 929.103 Sp37a 2003]

Jennifer Mossman, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=981218&disp=Acronyms,+initialisms,+and+abbreviat&columns=*,0,0 ''Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary''], 19th ed. (Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1995) [FHL US/CAN book 428.1 M855a]<br><br>

== See also<br> ==

[[Traditional Nicknames in Old Documents - A Wiki List]] <!--{12043051535620} -->

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