The first 6 sections list the Chapman County Codes for the British Isles,
and also the Country Codes normally used in family history / genealogy.

They include codes for before and after the reorganisations of counties
 that took place in 1974 in England and Wales, and in 1975 in Scotland,
but ignore the break-up into smaller local unitary authorities in 1996.

To view a map of the counties of Great Britain until 1974, click here
To view a map of the counties (and provinces) of Ireland, click here

You MUST use these codes when advising us of your Member's Interests.
They are listed in alpha order of counties, not codes, for this purpose and,
to make them easier to find, some counties and codes may appear twice
(for example, "Yorkshire, North Riding" and "North Riding of Yorkshire")

		CODES FOR COUNTIES IN ENGLAND
		CODES FOR COUNTIES IN WALES
		CODES FOR COUNTIES IN SCOTLAND
		CODES FOR COUNTIES IN IRELAND
		CODES FOR THE UK ISLANDS
		CODES FOR COUNTRIES, ETC

Please DO NOT use codes from the remaining
4 sections to advise your Member's Interests.
They have been added solely to make this page
into a comprehensive reference document which
 should help you discover what a code represents.

		"NON-STANDARD" COUNTY CODES Other codes you may come across, such as in the LDS 1881 GB Census Index on microfiche, where some non-standard codes were used.
		CODES FOR AMERICAN STATES
		CODES FOR CANADIAN PROVINCES
		CODES FOR AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES
		2-CHARACTER ISO COUNTRY CODES

CODES FOR COUNTIES IN ENGLAND

	NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) CODE Avon [from 1974] AVN Bedfordshire BDF Berkshire BRK Buckinghamshire BKM Cambridgeshire CAM Cheshire CHS Cleveland [from 1974] CLV Cornwall CON Cumberland [until 1974] CUL Cumbria [from 1974] CMA Derbyshire DBY Devon DEV Dorset DOR Durham DUR East Riding of Yorkshire [until 1974] ERY East Sussex [from 1974] SXE Essex ESS Gloucestershire GLS Greater Manchester [from 1974] GTM Hampshire HAM Hereford & Worcester [from 1974] HWR Herefordshire [until 1974] HEF Hertfordshire HRT Humberside [from 1974] HUM Huntingdonshire [until 1974] HUN Isle Of Man IOM Isle of Wight (HAM) IOW Kent KEN Lancashire LAN Leicestershire LEI Lincolnshire LIN London LND Merseyside [from 1974] MSY Middlesex [until 1974] MDX Norfolk NFK North Riding of Yorkshire [until 1974] NRY North Yorkshire [from 1974] NYK Northamptonshire NTH Northumberland NBL Nottinghamshire NTT Oxfordshire OXF Rutlandshire [until 1974] RUT Shropshire SAL Somerset SOM South Yorkshire [from 1974] SYK Staffordshire STS Suffolk SFK Surrey SRY Sussex [until 1974] SSX Tyne & Wear [from 1974] TWR Warwickshire WAR West Midlands [from 1974] WMD West Riding of Yorkshire [until 1974] WRY West Sussex [from 1974] SXW West Yorkshire [from 1974] WYK Westmorland [until 1974] WES Wiltshire WIL Worcestershire [until 1974] WOR Yorkshire [until 1974] YKS Yorkshire, East Riding [until 1974] ERY Yorkshire, North Riding [until 1974] NRY Yorkshire, West Riding [until 1974] WRY

 

CODES FOR COUNTIES IN WALES

	NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) CODE Anglesey [until 1974] AGY Breconshire [until 1974] BRE Caernavonshire [until 1974] CAE Cardiganshire [until 1974] CGN Carmarthenshire [until 1974] CMN Clwyd [from 1974] CWD Denbighshire [until 1974] DEN Dyfed [from 1974] DFD Flint [until 1974] FLN Glamorganshire [until 1974] GLA Gwent [from 1974] GNT Gwynedd [from 1974] GWN Merionethshire [until 1974] MER Mid Glamorgan [from 1974] MGM Monmouthshire [until 1974] MON Montgomeryshire [until 1974] MGY Pembrokeshire [until 1974] PEM Powys [from 1974] POW Radnorshire [until 1974] RAD South Glamorgan [from 1974] SGM West Glamorgan [from 1974] WGM

 

CODES FOR COUNTIES IN SCOTLAND

	NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) CODE Aberdeenshire [until 1975] ABD Angus [until 1975] ANS Argyllshire [until 1975] ARL Ayrshire [until 1975] AYR Banffshire [until 1975] BAN Berwickshire [until 1975] BEW Borders (from 1975) BOR Bute [until 1975] BUT Caithness-shire [until 1975] CAI Central Region (from 1975) CEN Clackmannanshire [until 1975] CLK Dumfries & Galloway (from 1975) DGY Dumfriesshire [until 1975] DFS Dunbartonshire [until 1975] DNB East Lothian (Haddington) [until 1975] ELN Edinburgh (see Midlothian) [until 1975] MLN Elgin (see Moray) [until 1975] MOR Fife FIF Forfar (see Angus) [until 1975] ANS Grampian (from 1975) GMP Haddington (see East Lothian) [until 1975] ELN Highland (from 1975) HLD Inverness-shire [until 1975] INV Kincardineshire (Mearns) [until 1975] KCD Kinross-shire [until 1975] KRS Kirkcudbrightshire [until 1975] KKD Lanarkshire [until 1975] LKS Linlithgow (see West Lothian) [until 1975] WLN Lothian (from 1975) LTN Mearns (see Kincardineshire) [until 1975] KCD Midlothian [until 1975] MLN Moray [until 1975] MOR Nairnshire [until 1975] NAI Orkney Isles OKI Peebleshire [until 1975] PEE Perthshire [until 1975] PER Renfrewshire [until 1975] RFW Ross & Cromarty [until 1975] ROC Roxburghshire [until 1975] ROX Selkirkshire [until 1975] SEL Shetland Isles SHI Stirlingshire [until 1975] STI Strathclyde (from 1975) STD Sutherland [until 1975] SUT Tayside (from 1975) TAY West Galloway (see Wigtownshire) [until 1975] WIG West Lothian [until 1975] WLN Western Isles (from 1975) WIS Wigtownshire (West Galloway) [until 1975] WIG Zetland (see Shetland Isles) [until 1975] SHI

 

CODES FOR COUNTIES IN IRELAND

	NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) CODE Antrim [NIR from 1922] ANT Armagh [NIR from 1922] ARM Carlow [EIR from 1922] CAR Cavan [EIR from 1922] CAV Clare [EIR from 1922] CLA Cork [EIR from 1922] COR Derry (see Londonderry) [NIR from 1922] LDY Donegal [EIR from 1922] DON Down [NIR from 1922] DOW Dublin [EIR from 1922] DUB Fermanagh [NIR from 1922] FER Galway [EIR from 1922] GAL Kerry [EIR from 1922] KER Kildare [EIR from 1922] KID Kilkenny [EIR from 1922] KIK Kings (see Offaly) [EIR from 1922] OFF Laois (see Leix(Queens)) [EIR from 1922] LEX Leitrim [EIR from 1922] LET Leix (Laois, Queens) [EIR from 1922] LEX Limerick [EIR from 1922] LIM Londonderry [NIR from 1922] LDY Longford [EIR from 1922] LOG Louth [EIR from 1922] LOU Mayo [EIR from 1922] MAY Meath [EIR from 1922] MEA Monoghan [EIR from 1922] MOG Offaly (Kings) [EIR from 1922] OFF Queens (see Leix) [EIR from 1922] LEX Roscommon [EIR from 1922] ROS Sligo [EIR from 1922] SLI Tipperary [EIR from 1922] TIP Tyrone [NIR from 1922] TYR Waterford [EIR from 1922] WAT Westmeath [EIR from 1922] WEM Wexford [EIR from 1922] WEX Wicklow [EIR from 1922] WIC

 

CODES FOR THE UK ISLANDS

	NAME OF ISLAND (AND ANY COMMENT) CODE Alderney (CHI) ALD Arran (SCT: Bute) [until 1975] BUT Guernsey (CHI) GSY Islay (SCT: Argyll) [until 1975] ARL Isle of Man IOM Isle of Wight - part of Hampshire (HAM) IOW Jersey (CHI) JSY Jura (SCT: Argyll) [until 1975] ARL Lewis - part (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] INV Lewis - part (SCT: Ross & Cromarty) [until 1975] ROC Mull (SCT: Argyll) [until 1975] ARL North Uist (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] INV Orkney Isles (SCT) OKI Sark (CHI) SRK Scilly Isles - part of Cornwall CON Shetland Isles (SCT) SHI Skye (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] INV South Uist (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] INV

 

CODES FOR COUNTRIES, ETC

	NAME OF COUNTRY, ETC (AND ANY COMMENT) CODE All (One-Name Study) ALL Anywhere ANY At Sea SEA Unknown UNK Afghanistan AFG Albania ALB Algeria DZA American Samoa ASM Andorra AND Angola AGO Anguilla AIA Antarctica ATA Antigua and Barbuda ATG Argentina ARG Armenia ARM Aruba ABW Australia AUS Austria AUT Azerbaijan AZE Bahamas BHS Bahrain BHR Bangladesh BGD Barbados BRB Belarus BLR Belgium BEL Belize BLZ Benin BEN Bermuda BMU Bhutan BTN Bolivia BOL Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Botswana BWA Bouvet Island BVT Brazil BRA British Indian Ocean Territory IOT British West Indies BWI Brunei Darussalam BRN Bulgaria BGR Burkina Faso BFA Burma MMR Burundi BDI Cambodia KHM Cameroon CMR Canada CAN Cape Verde CPV Cayman Islands CYM Central African Republic CAF Central America CAM Chad TCD Channel Islands CHI Chile CHL China CHN Christmas Island CXR Cocos (Keeling) Islands CCK Colombia COL Comoros COM Congo COG Cook Islands COK Costa Rica CRI Cote D'ivoire CIV Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) HRV Cuba CUB Cyprus CYP Czechoslovakia CSK Czech Republic CZE Denmark DNK Djibouti DJI Dominica DMA Dominican Republic DOM Dutch New Guinea DNG East Indies (see Indonesia) IDN East Timor (formerly "TMP" pre 2002) TLS Ecuador ECU Egypt EGY Eire (from 1922) EIR El Salvador SLV England ENG Equatorial Guinea GNQ Eritrea ERI Estonia EST Ethiopia ETH Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FLK Faroe Islands FRO Fiji FJI Finland FIN France FRA France, Metropolitan FXX French Guiana GUF French Polynesia PYF French Southern Territories ATF Gabon GAB Gambia GMB Georgia GEO Germany (Deutschland) DEU Ghana GHA Gibraltar GIB Great Britain GBR Greece GRC Greenland GRL Grenada GRD Guadeloupe GLP Guam GUM Guatemala GTM Guinea GIN Guinea-Bissau GNB Guyana GUY Haiti HTI Heard Island & McDonald Islands HMD Holland HOL Honduras HND Hong Kong HKG Hungary HUN Iceland ISL India IND Indonesia IDN Iran, Islamic Republic of IRN Iraq IRQ Ireland IRL Israel ISR Italy ITA Jamaica JAM Japan JPN Jordan JOR Kazakhstan KAZ Kenya KEN Kiribati KIR Korea, Democratic People's Republic of PRK Korea, Republic of KOR Kuwait KWT Kyrgyzstan KGZ Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO Latvia LVA Lebanon LBN Lesotho LSO Liberia LBR Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LBY Liechtenstein LIE Lithuania LTU Luxembourg LUX Macau MAC Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of MKD Madagascar MDG Malawi MWI Malaysia MYS Maldives MDV Mali MLI Malta MLT Marshall Islands MHL Martinique MTQ Mauritania MRT Mauritius MUS Mayotte MYT Mexico MEX Micronesia, Federated States of FSM Moldova, Republic of MDA Monaco MCO Mongolia MNG Montserrat MSR Morocco MAR Mozambique MOZ Myanmar MMR Namibia NAM Nauru NRU Nepal NPL Netherlands NLD Netherlands Antilles ANT New Caledonia NCL New Zealand NZL Nicaragua NIC Niger NER Nigeria NGA Niue NIU Norfolk Island NFK Northern Ireland (from 1922) NIR Northern Mariana Islands MNP Norway NOR Oman OMN Pakistan PAK Palau PLW Panama PAN Panama Canal Zone PCZ Papua New Guinea PNG Paraguay PRY Peru PER Philippines PHL Pitcairn PCN Poland POL Portugal PRT Puerto Rico PRI Qatar QAT Reunion REU Romania (formerly "ROM" pre 2002) ROU Russian Federation RUS Rwanda RWA Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA Saint Lucia LCA Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT Samoa WSM San Marino SMR Sao Tome and Principe STP Saudi Arabia SAU Scotland SCT Senegal SEN Seychelles SYC Sicily SIC Sierra Leone SLE Singapore SGP Slovakia (Slovak Republic) SVK Slovenia SVN Solomon Islands SLB Somalia SOM South Africa (Zuid Afrika) ZAF South America SAM Spain (Espana) ESP Sri Lanka LKA Saint Helena SHN Saint Pierre and Miquelon SPM Sudan SDN Suriname SUR Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands SJM Swaziland SWZ Sweden SWE Switzerland CHE Syrian Arab Republic SYR Taiwan, Province of China TWN Tajikistan TJK Tanzania, United Republic of TZA Thailand THA Togo TGO Tokelau TKL Tonga TON Trinidad and Tobago TTO Tunisia TUN Turkey TUR Turkmenistan TKM Turks and Caicos Islands TCA Tuvalu TUV Uganda UGA Ukraine UKR United Arab Emirates (Arab Emirates) ARE United Kingdom GBR United States Of America USA United States, Minor Outlying Islands UMI Uruguay URY Uzbekistan UZB Vanuatu VUT Vatican City State (Holy See) VAT Venezuela VEN Viet Nam VNM Virgin Islands (British) VGB Virgin Islands (U.S.) VIR Wales WLS Wallis and Futuna Islands WLF West Africa WAF West Indies, British BWI Western Sahara ESH Yemen YEM Yugoslavia YUG Zaire ZAR Zambia ZMB Zimbabwe ZWE
TRANSLATING LESS OBVIOUS CODES BACK INTO COUNTRIES
	CODE NAME OF COUNTRY, ETC ANT Netherlands Antilles ARE United Arab Emirates (Arab Emirates) ATF French Southern Territories BWI West Indies, British CHE Switzerland DEU Germany (Deutschland) DZA Algeria ESH Western Sahara ESP Spain (Espana) FSM Micronesia, Federated States of GBR United Kingdom GNQ Equatorial Guinea HRV Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) IOT British Indian Ocean Territory KHM Cambodia KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis LCA Saint Lucia LKA Sri Lanka MMR Burma MNP Northern Mariana Islands PRK Korea, Democratic People's Republic of PYF French Polynesia SLV El Salvador TCD Chad TLS** East Timor VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines WSM Samoa ZAF South Africa (Zuid Afrika)

 

"NON-STANDARD" COUNTY CODES

SOURCES WHERE "NON-CHAPMAN" CODES ARE FOUND:
BSI = British Standards Institution Standardised List 
GRD = Genealogical Research Directory Instructions 
LDS = Latter Day Saints 1881 GB Census Index, etc

	NAME OF COUNTY/COUNTRY (SOURCE WHERE FOUND AND ANY OTHER COMMENT) NON- STD CODE CHAP -MAN CODE ENGLAND     Berkshire (LDS) BEK BRK Buckinghamshire (LDS) BUK BKM Leicestershire (BSI & LDS) LEC LEI Middlesex (LDS) MID MDX Northumberland (LDS) NTM NBL Shropshire (BSI & LDS) SHR SAL Staffordshire (LDS) STF STS Suffolk (LDS) SUF SFK Surrey (LDS) SUR SRY Sussex (LDS) SUS SSX WALES     Carmarthenshire (LDS) CHH CMN Denbighshire (LDS) DBG DEN Monmouthshire (LDS) MNM MON Montgomeryshire (LDS) MNT MGY SCOTLAND     Dumfriesshire (LDS) DUF DFS Dunbartonshire (LDS) DUN DNB Edinburgh (LDS) should be Midlothian EDN MLN Elgin ((LDS) should be Moray ELG MOR Forfar (LDS) should be Angus FOR ANS Haddington (LDS) should be East Lothian HAD ELN Kincardineshire (LDS) KNC KCD Kinross-shire (LDS) KNR KRS Kirkcudbrightshire (LDS) KRK KKD Lanarkshire (LDS) LAK LKS Linlithgow (LDS) should be West Lothian LNL WLN Orkney Isles (LDS) ORK OKI West Lothian (LDS) WEL WLN Shetland Isles (BSI) ZET SHI Zetland (LDS) should be Shetland Isles ZET SHI IRELAND     Derry (GRD) DRY LDY COUNTRIES     At Sea (LDS) ATS SEA Unknown (LDS) NK UNK Ireland (LDS) IRE IRL

 

CODES FOR AMERICAN STATES

	NAME OF STATE CODE USA Alabama AL USA Alaska AK USA Arizona AZ USA Arkansas AR USA California CA USA Colorado CO USA Connecticut CT USA Delaware DE USA District of Columbia DC USA Florida FL USA Georgia GA USA Hawaii HI USA Idaho ID USA Illinois IL USA Indiana IN USA Iowa IA USA Kansas KS USA Kentucky KY USA Louisiana LA USA Maine ME USA Maryland MD USA Massachusetts MA USA Michigan MI USA Minnesota MN USA Mississippi MS USA Missouri MO USA Montana MT USA Nebraska NE USA Nevada NV USA New Hampshire NH USA New Jersey NJ USA New Mexico NM USA New York NY USA North Carolina NC USA North Dakota ND USA Ohio OH USA Oklahoma OK USA Oregon OR USA Pennsylvania PA USA (Puerto Rico) PR USA Rhode Island RI USA South Carolina SC USA South Dakota SD USA Tennessee TN USA Texas TX USA Utah UT USA Vermont VT USA Virginia VA USA (Virgin Islands) VI USA Washington WA USA West Virginia WV USA Wisconsin WI USA Wyoming WY USA

 

CODES FOR CANADIAN PROVINCES

	NAME OF PROVINCE CODE CAN Alberta AB CAN British Columbia BC CAN Labrador (now part of Newfoundland and Labrador) LB CAN Manitoba MB CAN New Brunswick NB CAN Newfoundland (now part of Newfoundland and Labrador) NF CAN Newfoundland and Labrador NL CAN Northwest Territories NT CAN Nova Scotia NS CAN Nunavut NU CAN Ontario ON CAN Prince Edward Island PE CAN Quebec QC CAN Saskatchewan SK CAN Yukon YT CAN

 

CODES FOR AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES

	NAME OF STATE OR TERRITORY CODE AUS Australian Antarctic Territory ANT AUS Australian Capital Territory ACT AUS New South Wales NSW AUS Northern Territory NT AUS Queensland QLD AUS South Australia SA AUS Tasmania TAS AUS Victoria VIC AUS Western Australia WA AUS

 

2-CHARACTER ISO COUNTRY CODES

	CODE NAME OF COUNTRY AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ Antarctica AR Argentina AS American Samoa AT Austria AU Australia AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia Hercegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso BG Bulgaria BH Bahrain BI Burundi BJ Benin BM Bermuda BN Brunei Darussalam BO Bolivia BR Brazil BS Bahamas BT Bhutan BV Bouvet Island BW Botswana BY Belarus BZ Belize CA Canada CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands CF Central African Republic CG Congo CH Switzerland CI Cote D'Ivoire CK Cook Islands CL Chile CM Cameroon CN China CO Colombia CR Costa Rica CS Czechoslovakia CU Cuba CV Cape Verde CX Christmas Island CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic DE Germany DJ Djibouti DK Denmark DM Dominica DO Dominican Republic DZ Algeria EC Ecuador EE Estonia EG Egypt EH Western Sahara ER Eritrea ES Spain ET Ethiopia FI Finland FJ Fiji FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FM Micronesia FO Faroe Islands FR France FX France, Metropolitan GA Gabon GB United Kingdom GD Grenada GE Georgia GF French Guiana GH Ghana GI Gibraltar GL Greenland GM Gambia GN Guinea GP Guadeloupe GQ Equatorial Guinea GR Greece GT Guatemala GU Guam GW Guinea-Bissau GY Guyana HK Hong Kong HM Heard and McDonald Islands HN Honduras HR Croatia HT Haiti HU Hungary ID Indonesia IE Ireland IL Israel IN India IO British Indian Ocean Territory IQ Iraq IR Iran (Islamic Republic of) IS Iceland IT Italy JM Jamaica JO Jordan JP Japan KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan KH Cambodia KI Kiribati KM Comoros KN Saint Kitts and Nevis KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic of KR Korea, Republic of KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Lao People's Democratic Republic LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldova, Republic of MG Madagascar MH Marshall Islands MK Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of ML Mali MM Myanmar MN Mongolia MO Macau MP Northern Mariana Islands MQ Martinique MR Mauritania MS Montserrat MT Malta MU Mauritius MV Maldives MW Malawi MX Mexico MY Malaysia MZ Mozambique NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NE Niger NF Norfolk Island NG Nigeria NI Nicaragua NL Netherlands NO Norway NP Nepal NR Nauru NT Neutral Zone NU Niue NZ New Zealand OM Oman PA Panama PE Peru PF French Polynesia PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines PK Pakistan PL Poland PM St. Pierre and Miquelon PN Pitcairn PR Puerto Rico PT Portugal PW Palau PY Paraguay QA Qatar RE Reunion RO Romania RU Russian Federation RW Rwanda SA Saudi Arabia SB Solomon Islands SC Seychelles SD Sudan SE Sweden SG Singapore SH St. Helena SI Slovenia SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands SK Slovakia SL Sierra Leone SM San Marino SN Senegal SO Somalia SR Suriname ST Sao Tome and Principe SU USSR SV El Salvador SY Syrian Arab Republic SZ Swaziland TC Turks and Caicos Islands TD Chad TF French Southern Territories TG Togo TH Thailand TJ Tajikistan TK Tokelau TM Turkmenistan TN Tunisia TO Tonga TP East Timor (formerly "TL" pre 2002) TR Turkey TT Trinidad and Tobago TV Tuvalu TW Taiwan, Province of China TZ Tanzania, United Republic of UA Ukraine UG Uganda UM United States minor outlying Islands US United States UY Uruguay UZ Uzbekistan VA Vatican City State (Holy See) VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VE Venezuela VG Virgin Islands (British) VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) VN Viet Nam VU Vanuatu WF Wallis and Futuna Islands WS Samoa YE Yemen, Republic of YT Mayotte YU Yugoslavia ZA South Africa ZM Zambia ZR Zaire ZW Zimbabwe