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Alphabetical lists of personal name abbreviations and what they represent. | 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. | '''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> | ||
== Online Resources == | |||
[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> | |||
== Family History Library Resources == | |||
== | Kip Sperry, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1123166&disp=Abbreviations+&+acronyms&columns=*,0,0 ''Abbreviations & 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]]<br> | |||
[[Category:Dictionaries]]<br> | |||
Revision as of 13:54, 16 January 2008
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.
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
List of abbreviations for English given names - Wikipedia http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Abbreviations_for_English_given_names
Old Style Abbreviations - Proper Names - shows handwriting images http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/x-prop.html
Real Names and Abbreviations includes many Latin abbreviations http://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/realnames.htm
Family History 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) [FHL US/CAN book 428.1 M855a]