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A.B. - Able bosun AB - Alberta ABD - Aberdeen, SCT Agn - Agnostic AGY - Anglesey, WLS AK - Alaska, USA AL - Alabama, USA ALD - Alderney, CHI ANS - Angus, SCT ANT - Antrim, IRL Apo - Apostolic AR - Arkansas, USA ARL - Argyll, SCT ARM - Armagh, IRL Assa - Assiniboia AUS - Australia AYR - Ayr, SCT AZ - Arizona, USA b - born BAN - Banff, SCT Bapt - Baptist BAR - Barbados BC - British Columbia BDF - Bedfordshire, ENG BEL - Belgium BEW - Berwick, SCT BKM - Buckinghamshire, ENG br - brother BR - birth registration BrC - Brethren in Christ BRD - West Germany BRE - Brecknockshire, WLS Bret - Brethren BRI - birth registration index br-in-law - brother-in-law BRK - Berkshire, ENG BRS - Belarus (Belorussia) BRZ - Brazil Bud - Budhist BUT - Bute, SCT C - Croatia C. boy - cabin boy C.H. - Customs House CA - California, USA CAE - Caernarvon, WLS CAI - Caithness, SCT CAM - Cambridgeshire, ENG CAN - Canada CAR - Carlow, IRL CAV - Cavan, IRL CB - Cape Breton, NS CBret - Christian Brethern CCath - Christian Catholic CD - Christadelphian CE - Church of England, Anglican CGN - Cardiganshire, WLS CH - Switzerland CHI - Channel Islands CHN - China Chr - Christian ChSc - Christian Science CHS - Cheshire, ENG CIrl - Church of Ireland CLA - Clare, IRL clk - clerk CLK - Clackmannan, SCT CMN - Carmarthen, WLS CO - Colorado, USA CON - Cornwall, ENG Conf - Confusonism Cong - Congregationalist cor - corner COR - Cork, IRL CS - Czechoslovakia CSct - Church of Scotland CT - Connecticut, USA CUL - Cumberland, ENG d - daughter d - died d - divorce d.o. - daughter of DBY - Derbyshire, ENG DC - District Columbia, USA DE - Delaware, USA DEN - Denmark DEN - Denbighshire, WLS DEV - Devon, ENG DFS - Dumfries, SCT DI - Disciple of Christ DIR - directory DNB - Dunbarton, SCT dom - domestic DON - Donegal, IRL DOR - Dorset, ENG DOW - Down, IRL DR - death registration DRI - death registration index DRY - Derry, IRL DUB - Dublin, IRL DUR - Durham, ENG E. & N. - Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad ELN - East Lothian, SCT ENG - England eng - engineer Epis - Episcopalian ERY - YKS - East Riding, ENG ESP - Spain ESS - Essex, ENG EV - Evangelical f.o. - formerly of f.r.o. - former resident of fa - father fa-in-law - father-in-law FB - Free Baprist FER - Fermanagh, IRL FIF - Fife, SCT FIN - Finland FL - Florida, USA FLI - Liechtenstein FLN - Flintshire, WLS FRA - France FT - Free Thinker GA - Georgia, USA GAL - Galway, IRL GC - Greek Church gds - goods Genl. - General GER - Germany GLA - Glamorgan, WLS GLS - Gloucestershire, ENG GR - Greece GSY - Guernsey, CHI GUA - Guatemala h - head H.B.C. - Hudson's Bay Company H.M. - Her Majestys' h.o. - husband of HAM - Hampshire, ENG Heb - Hebrew HEF - Herefordshire, ENG HI - Hawaii, USA Hon. - Honourable HRT - Hertfordshire, ENG HU - Hungary HUN - Huntingdonshire, ENG IA - Iowa, USA ICL - Iceland ID - Idaho, USA IL - Illinois, USA IN - Indiana, USA INA - Indonesia IND - India INV - Inverness, SCT IOM - Isle of Man IRL - Ireland ITL - Italy JAM - Jamaica JPN - Japan JSY - Jersey, CHI KCD - Kincardine, SCT KEN - Kent, ENG KER - Kerry, IRL KID - Kildare, IRL KIK - Kilkenny, IRL KKD - Kirkcudbright, SCT KRS - Kinross, SCT KS - Kansas, USA KY - Kentucky, USA LA - Louisiana, USA Lab - Labourer/Laborer LAN - Lancashire, ENG LDS - Latter Day Saints (Mormans) LDY - Londonderry, IRL LEI - Leicestershire, ENG LET - Leitrum, IRL LEX - Leix (Queens), IRL LIM - Limerick, IRL LIN - Lincolnshire, ENG LKS - Lanark, SCT LND - London, ENG LOG - Longford, IRL LOU - Louth, IRL Lt. - Lot Lu - Lutheran LUX - Luxembourg MA - Massachusetts, USA mar - married MAY - Mayo, IRL MB - Manitoba MD - Maryland, USA MDX - Middlesex, ENG ME - Maine, USA MEA - Meath, IRL Men - Mennonite MER - Merioneth, WLS Meth - Methodist MEX - Mexico MGY - Montgomeryshire, WLS MI - Michigan, USA MLN - Midlothian, SCT MN - Minnesota, USA mo - mother MO - Missouri, USA MOG - Monaghan, IRL mo-in-law - mother-in-law MON - Monmouthshire, WLS MOR - Moray, SCT M.P.P. - Member Provincial Parliament MR - marriage registration MRI - marriage registration index MS - Mississippi, USA MT - Montana, USA n/g - not given n/k - not known NAI - Nairn, SCT NB - New Brunswick NBHI - New & Better House of Israel NBL - Northumberland, ENG NC - North Carolina, USA NCH - New Church ND - North Dakota, USA NE - Nebraska, USA NF - Newfoundland NFK - Norfolk, ENG NH - New Hampshire, USA NJ - New Jersey, USA NL - Netherlands/Holland NL - Netherlands NM - New Mexico, USA NOK - Next of kin NOR - Norway NRY - YKS - North Riding, ENG NS - Nova Scotia NSW - New South Wales, AUS NSW, AU - New South Wales, Australia NT - Northern Territory, AUS NTH - Northamptonshire, ENG NTT - Nottinghamshire, ENG NV - Nevada, USA NWT - North West Territories NY - New York, USA NZ - New Zealand o.d.o. - only daughter of occ - occupation OES - Austria OFF - Offaly (Kings), IRL OH - Ohio, USA OK - Oklahoma, USA OKI - Orkney Isles, SCT ON - Ontario OR - Oregon, USA OXF - Oxfordshire, ENG P.S. Co. - Puget Sound Agricultural Co. PA - Pennsylvania, USA Pag - Pagan PB - Plymouth Brethern PE - Prince Edward Island PEE - Peebles, SCT PEM - Pembroke, WLS PER - Perth, SCT PNG - Papua New Guinea POL - Poland prop/propr - proprietor PRU - Prussia Psb - Presbyterian PT - Portugal Q. or Qr. - Quatermaster QC - Quebec QLD - Queensland, AUS Qu - Quaker R. - range R.A. - Royal Artillery R.E. - Royal Engineers R.G.A. - Royal Garrison Artillery R.M. - Royal Marines R.M.A. - Royal Marines Artillery R.M.L.I. - Royal Marines Light Infantry RAD - Radnorshire, WLS RC - Roman Catholic RefC - Reformed Church REpis - Reformed Episcopalian RFW - Renfrew, SCT RI - Rhode Island, USA RO - Romania ROC - Ross & Cromar, SCT ROS - Roscommon, IRL ROX - Roxburgh, SCT RSA - Republic of South Africa RUS - Russia RUT - Rutland, ENG Ry. - Railway s - son S.A. - South America s.o. - son of S.S.I. - Salt Spring Island SA - South Australia, AUS SAL - Shropshire, ENG SArm - Salvation Army SC - South Carolina, USA SCT - Scotland SD - Seventh Day Adventist SD - South Dakota, USA SEL - Selkirk, SCT sen. - senior Sergt/Sgt - Sergeant SFK - Suffolk, ENG SHI - Shetland, SCT Shin - Shintoism sis - sister sis-in-law - sister-in-law SK - Saskatchewan SL - Slovakia SLI - Sligo, IRL SLO - Slovenia SNG - Singapore SOM - Somerset, ENG Spir - Spiritualist sr - senior SRI - Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) SRK - Sark, CHI SRY - Surrey, ENG SSX - Sussex, ENG St. bt. - Steam boat STI - Stirling, SCT Stm - Steamer STS - Staffordshire, ENG SU - Soviet Union SUT - Sutherland, SCT SWE - Sweden TAS - Tasmania, AUS TIP - Tipperary, IRL TKY - Turkey TN - Tennessee, USA TX - Texas, USA TYR - Tyrone, IRL UCC - United Church of Canada UK - United Kingdom UKR - Ukraine USA - United States of America Ut - Unitarian UT - Utah, USA Uv - Universalist V.I. - Vancouver Island VA - Virginia, USA VIC - Victoria, AUS VT - Vermont, USA w - wife w.o. - wife of WA - Western Australia, AUS WA - Washington, USA WAR - Warwickshire, ENG WAT - Waterford, IRL WEM - Westmeath, IRL WES - Westmoreland, ENG WEX - Wexford, IRL WI - Wisconsin, USA WIC - Wicklow, IRL wid - widow WIG - Wigtown, SCT WIL - Wiltshire, ENG WIN - West Indies WLN - West Lothian, SCT WLS - Wales WOR - Worcestershire, ENG WRY - YKS - West Riding, ENG WV - West Virginia, USA WY - Wyoming, USA y.d.o. - youngest daughter of YKS - Yorkshire, ENG YT - Yukon (Territory) YU - Yugoslavia |