The following abbrevations should be found helpful as you read records produced by others, or as you prepare your owns. Although these are not necessarily all official, they are getting to be fairly universal.
| Albert
County
Carleton Charlotte Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Northumberland |
CA CH GL KE KI MA NO |
Queens
Restigouche Saint John Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York |
QU
RE SJ SU VI WE YO |
| CANADA | UNITED STATES |
|
UNITED STATES | ||||
| Alberta
British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Territory Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory |
AB
BC MB NB NF NT NS NU ON PE PQ SK |
Alabama
Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Canal Zone Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas |
AL
AK AZ AR CA CZ CO CT DE DC FL GA GU HI ID IL IN IA KS |
Montana
Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri |
MT
NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO |
Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming |
OH
OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA VI WA WV WI WY |
| Avenue
Boulevard Court Center Circle Drive Expressway Heights Highway Island Junction Lake Lane Mountain |
BLVD CT CTR CIR DR EXPY HTS HWY IS JCT LK LN MTN |
Parkway
Place Road Station Turnpike Valley Apartment Room Suite Plaza North East South West |
PKY
PL RD STN TPKE VLY APT RM STE PLZ N E S W |
University Libraries
MtA = Mt. Allison University
STU = St Thomas University
UNB = University of New Brunswick
UNB-SJ= University of New Brunswick Saint John
U of M = University of Moncton
FHC = Family History Center (LDS Branches of the main library)
FHL = Family History Library (LDS Main Library in Salt Lake City)
LDS = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
NAC = National Archives of Canada
NBGS = New Brunswick Genealogical Society
PANB = Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
PANS = Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia
b. = born
bro = brother
bro/o = brother of
bur. = buried or burial
c = child
c/o = child of
ch = children
ch/o = children of
chr. = christening
d. = died
d/o = daughter of
dau = daughter
daus = daughters
daus/o = daughters of
g. = grand used with another relationship; as in g.father Grandfather / g.dau = granddaughter}
g.g. = great grand {g.g.father = great grandfather}
2 g.g. = 2nd great grand {number denotes the number of "greats" there should be before the grand. This shortens the space neaded to record and makes the generations clearer. / 4 g.g.father = great great great great grandfather}
h/o = husband of
husb. = husband
o = of
s = son
s/o = son of
sis = sister
sis/o = sister of
w = wife
w/o = wife of
wid = widow
wid/o = widow of
widr = widower
widr/o = widower of
yr = year
yrs = years
mo = month
mos = months
dy = day > or write in full
dys = days > or write in full
& = in place of and
[ ] = use to denote a question / with or without the question marks inside it
{ } = usually a recorders note / item not in the reference
( ) = items in the reference / such as a maiden name that is in a bracket in the reference.Dates = day/month/year
Months should have a three letter abv. = Years should be written with full four digets.
This prevents having to use punctuation marks, plus the numbers are separated, thus less prone to errors.Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec
{ie: 10 Jan 1999 / 10 Sep 1999 etc.}