List of abbreviations common in genealogy.

• @ — at
• &c — (Latin, et cætera) and also
• * — born, birthdate
• + — dead, deathdate, married to
• a — acre, (Latin, ante) before
• aas — (Latin, anno aetatis suae — Died in the year of (his/her) age
• AB — Bachelor of Arts
• abt — about
• acc — according to
• AD (Latin, anno domini — year after the birth of Christ
• ads (Latin, ad sectam — at the suit of
• admr — administrator
• admx — administratrix
• ae/aet — about the age of
• ald — alderman
• AM — Master of Arts, (Latin, anno mundi) year of the world, (Latin, ante meridiem) before noon
• appon clam (Latin, apponit clamium) he/she stands by, joins, supports the claim
• ar — (Latin, anno regni) — year of reign
• AR — Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Frederick Weis
• AR7 — AR above, Seventh Edition (current)
• atty — attorney
• B — baptized
• b — born
• BA — Bachelor of Arts
• bapt — baptized
• bart — baronet
• BC — before Christ
• BCE — before common era
• bef — before
• beq — bequest
• bet — between
• bk — book
• bp — bishop; birthplace; baptized
• br — brother
• bro — brother
• br-l — brother-in-law
• bt — baronet
• bur — buried
• c — (Latin, circa) about, approximately; (Latin comitis count; copyright; century
• ca — (Latin, circa) about
• CAD — (English) Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds
• capt — captain
• CCR — (English) Calendar of Close Roles
• cem — cemetery
• cent — century
• CG — Certified Genealogist
• CE — common era, synonomous with AM
• CFR — (English) Calendar of Fine Rolls
• ch — church, chapel
• chr — christened, Christian
• CIM — (English) Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous
• CIPM — (English) Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem
• CPR — (English) Calendar of Patent Rolls
• Cl. Cur — Clerk of the Court
• co — county, company
• cod — codicil
• codd — codices
• coh — co-heir
• col — colonel, colored, colony
• coll — college
• CP — Compete Peerage, by G.E. Cokayne
• CP & MR — (English) Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls
• ct — court; count
• cuz — cousin
• d — died, daughter, days, British pence
• dau — daughter
• DB — deed book
• dbn — (Latin, de bonis non) of no good
• DD — Doctor of Divinity, minister
• DDS — Domesday Descendents / Doctor of Dental Surgery
• decd — deceased, dead
• DFA — descent from antiquity (i.e., pre-medieval)
• dist — distance, district
• div — divorced, division
• dn — deacon
• do — (Latin, ditto) same
• d/o — daughter of
• DP — Domesday People, Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166 / Katherine Keats-Rohan, 1999.
• dsp — (Latin, decessit sine prole) died without issue
• dspl — (Latin, decessit sine prole legitima) died without legitimate issue
• dspm — (Latin, decessit sine prole malus) died without sons
• dspml — (Latin, decessit sine prole malus legitima) died without legitimate sons
• dspms — (Latin, decessit sine prole malus suivre) died without surviving sons
• dsps — (Latin, decessit sine prole suivre) died without surviving issue
• dvm — (Latin, decessit vita matris) died in the lifetime of the mother
• dvp — (Latin, decessit vita patris) died in the lifetime of the father
• d.y — died young
• e — ease, earl
• ed — edition, editor
• e.g. — (Latin exempli gratia) for example
• eld — eldest
• ES — Europäische Stammtafeln misp Europäische Stammtafelen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europäische_Stammtafeln
• esq — esquire
• et al (Latin, et alia — and others
• etc — (Latin, et cætera) and also
• ex — executor, executrix
• exor — executor
• extx — executrix
• f — female, father
• fam — family
• fl — (Latin Floruit) flourished, living
• f.m. (Latin feodum militis) knight's fee
• FASG — Fellow of the American Society of Genealogy
• FGS — family group sheet
• FLT — Friendship, Love & Truth (on tombstones -- see also IOOF & IORM)
• FO — Fidelity Oath
• FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society
• FSA — Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
• GARD — acronym for Gateway Ancestor of Royal Descent
• GCVO — (Knight or Dame) of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
• GED — a GEDCOM file
• GEDCOM — GEnealogical Data COMmunications program to transfer data
• gen — general
• gent — gentleman
• h — husband
• HF — handfast
• HM — Her/His Majesty
• i — island
• ibm — (Latin, ibidem — same
• IGI — International Genealogical Index
• IOOF — International Order of Odd Fellows
• IORM — Improved Order of Red Men
• incl — including
• inf — infant; infancy
• int — intestate, without will
• inv — inventory
• ipm — (Latin, inquisition post mortem) an after-death inventory of one's holdings
• jr — junior
• j.m. — (Latin jure matris) in the right of one's mother
• j.u. — (Latin jure uxoris) in the right of one's wife
• k — killed, king
• kt — Knight
• KB — Knight of Bath
• KG — Knight of the Garter
• KT — Knight of the Thistle
• ld — lord
• LDS — an abbreviation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons.
• leg — legacy, legatee
• liv — living
• LLB — Bachelor of Laws
• LLD — Doctor of Laws
• LLM — Master of Laws
• lpms — (Latin, legitimatio per matrimonium subsequens — legitimisation by subsequent matrimony
• lprp — (Latin, legitimatio per rescriptum principis — legitimisation by prince's rescript
• lt — lieutenant
• m — married, male, mother
• MA — Master of Arts
• MC — Member of Council (King's); Member of Congress
• MD — Doctor of Medicine
• md — married
• maj — major
• mi — mile
• MIY — in Census, married in that year
• n — north
• n/a — not available, not applicable, unknown
• nbr — neighbour
• nd — no date
• ng — not given
• NN (Latin, nomen nescio — not named; name unknown
• nr — near
• nunc — nuncupative (oral) will
• o — old
• ob — Latin, obdormio - fell asleep — died
• ob cælebs — (Latin) died a bachelor
• occ — occupation
• œt (Latin — of the age
• O.S. — Old Style, as in Old Style Date
• o/s — opposite side, as in grave recording
• osp — (Latin, obiit sine prole) died without issue.
• p (Latin, post — after; page
• Pa — papers submitted, as in naturalization papers
• par — parish
• PhD — Doctor of Philosophy
• pg — page
• pp — pages
• pr — proved a will; prince/princess
• PRO — Public Records Office (British)
• prsh — parish
• P.S. — Patriotic Service
• Q. — Queen
• q.s. — (Latin, quod suivre — which follows
• q.v. (Latin, quod vide — which see
• rec — recorded a document
• rel — relict
• ren — renounced
• res — residence/resided
• Rev — The Reverend
• s — south, son, (French sire) lord; English shilling
• sgr — (French seigneur) lord
• sic (Latin) thus, as written
• s.j. — (Latin, suo jure in one's own right
• sis — sister
• s/o — son of
• sp — (Latin, sine prole — without children
• sp.bl — special bail
• sp.impl — special imparlance
• spf — (Latin, sine prole femina — without daughters
• spl — (Latin, sine prole legitima — without legitimate issue
• spm (Latin, sine prole mascula — without sons
• sps (Latin, sine prole superstite — without surviving issue
• spms (Latin, sine prole mascila superstite — without surviving sons
• SSDI — Social Security Death Index
• sr — senior
• st — state, street
• sur — surety
• ten — tenant
• terr — territory
• test — witness
• twp — township
• ult — (Latin, ultimo) late
• un — unknown
• unk — unknown
• unm — unmarried
• ux — (Latin uxor) wife
• vf — (Latin vita fratris — in the lifetime of his brother
• viz — (Latin videlicet) namely
• vm — (Latin vita matris — in the lifetime of his mother
• vp — (Latin, vita patris — in the lifetime of his father
• vs — (Latin, vita sororis — in the lifetime of his sister; (Latin, versus) as opposed to
• vz — (Welsh, verch — daughter of
• w — west, with, wife
• wf — wife
• wid — widow
• wit — witness
• w/o — wife of
• x — married, Christ
• yr — year, younger