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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[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 List of abbreviations for English given names - Wikipedia] | ||
== FamilySearch Library Resources == | == FamilySearch Library Resources == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:45, 18 April 2024
Alphabetical lists of personal name abbreviations and what they represent.
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.
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.
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.
External Links[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Library Resources[edit | edit source]
- Kip Sperry, Abbreviations & Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians, rev. ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2003) [US/CAN REF AREA 929.103 Sp37a 2003]
- Jennifer Mossman, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary, 19th ed. (Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1995) [FS Library US/CAN book 428.1 M855a]