Genealogy of Northeast Pennsylvania

Geographic Abbreviations

Various genealogical projects, including the Obituary Daily Times and the RootsWeb Surname List, have tried to develop and use standard geographic abbreviations. This makes a lot of sense, but can be really annoying if you can't remember the abbreviations. This list has many/most of them. The left column is sorted by place name, the right column by abbreviation. Often, as in Argentina (ARG), one list would suffice, but some of them (eg, Algeria (DZA)) don't show up quite where you'd expect.

In addition, some countries have commonly accepted abbreviations for their regional breakdowns, such as states, provinces, counties, cantons, etc. The list here isn't exhaustive, but many abbreviations are available.

Austria / Österreich

BOH, AUT - Böhmen / Bohemia
BUK, AUT - Bukovina
BUR, AUT - Burgenland
KAE, AUT - Carinthia / Kärnten
KRA, AUT - Carniola / Krain
DAL, AUT - Dalmatia
GAI, AUT - Galicia / Galizien / Halychyna
ILR, AUT - Illyria
IST, AUT - Istria / Istrien
LOM, AUT - Lombardy
MAE, AUT - Mähren / Moravia
NOE, AUT - Lower Austria / Niederösterreich
OOE, AUT - Oberösterreich / Upper Austria
SAB, AUT - Salzburg
SCI, AUT - Schlesien / Silesia
STE, AUT - Steiermark / Styria
SUD, AUT - Sudetenland
SUN, AUT - Sundgau
TIR, AUT - Tirol / Tyrol
VNT, AUT - Veneto
VOR, AUT - Vorarlberg
WIE, AUT - Vienna / Wien

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Denmark

HOS,SCN, DNK - Holstein
LAU, DNK - Lauenberg
SCL,SCN, DNK - Schleswig
SCN, DNK - Schleswig-Holstein

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Germany

ELS, DEU - Alsace / Elsaß
ELS-LOT, DEU - Alsace-Lorraine / Elsaß-Lothringen
ANH, DEU - Anhalt
ANB,ANH DEU - Anhalt-Bernburg
AND,ANH, DEU - Anhalt-Dessau
ANK,ANH, DEU - Anhalt-Köthen
BAD, DEU - Baden
BAD-WUE, DEU - Baden-Württenberg
BAY, DEU - Bavaria / Bayern
BER, DEU - Berlin (Land in Bundesrepublik)
BER,PRU, DEU - Berlin, Stadt (city)
BRG, DEU - Brandenburg
BRU, DEU - Braunschweig / Brunswick
BRS,BAD, DEU - Breisgau
BRE, DEU - Bremen
OPRU, DEU - East Prussia / Ostpreußen
FRN,BAY DEU - Franconia / Franken
FRK, DEU - Frankfurt-Main
HAM, DEU - Hamburg
HAN, DEU - Hannover / Hanover
HES, DEU - Hesse / Hessen
HD,HES DEU - Hesse-Darmstadt / Hessen-Darmstadt
HK,HES DEU - Hesse-Kassel / Hessen-Kassel / Electorate of Hesse / Kurhessen
HOM,HES, DEU - Hessen-Homburg
HOH, DEU - Hohenzollern
HOS,SCN, DEU - Holstein
LAU, DEU - Laünberg
LPD, DEU - Lippe-Detmold
LOT, DEU - Lorraine / Lothringen
NSAC, DEU - Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen
LUB, DEU - Lübeck
MST,MEC, DEU - Meckenlenburg-Strelitz
MEC, DEU - Mecklenburg
MEC- VPOM, DEU - Mecklenburg-Hither (Western) Pomerania / Mecklenbury-Vorpommern
MSC,MEC, DEU - Mecklenburg-Schwerin
MST,MEC, DEU - Mecklenburg-Strelitz
NAS, DEU - Nassau
NRHE-WFA, DEU - Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine- Westphalia
OBP,BAY, DEU - Oberpfalz / Upper Palatinate
OLD, DEU - Oldenburg
PFA,BAY, DEU - Palatinate / Pfalz
POM,PRU, DEU - Pomerania / Pommern
POS,PRU, DEU - Posen / Pozna'n
PRU, DEU - Preußen / Prussia
AL,RES, DEU - Reuß altere Linie / Reuß Greiz
JL,RES, DEU - Reuß jüngere Linie (Reuß-Ebersdorf, - Lobenstein, and -Schleiz)
RES, DEU - Reuß
RHE,PRU DEU - Rheinland / Rhineland
RHE-PFA, DEU - Rheinland-Pfalz / Rhineland-Palatinate
SAA, DEU - Saarland
SXM,THE, DEU - Sachsen-Meiningen / Saxe-Meiningen
SAC,PRU, DEU - Sachsen (Provinz) / Saxony (Prussian Province)
SAC, DEU - Sachsen (Kgr. /Land in Bundesrepublik) / Saxony (Kingdom/State)
SXW,THE, DEU - Sachsen-Weimar / Saxe-Weimar
SXG,THE, DEU - Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg / Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
SXC,THE, DEU - Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha / Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
SXA,THE, DEU - Sachsen-Altenburg / Saxe-Altenburg
SAC-ANH, DEU - Sachsen-Anhalt / Saxony-Anhalt
SXH,THE, DEU - Sachsen-Hildburghausen / Saxe- Hildburghausen
SLP, DEU - Schaumburg-Lippe
SCI,PRU, DEU - Schlesien / Silesia
SCL,SCN, DEU - Schleswig
SCN, DEU - Schleswig-Holstein
SCH, DEU - Schwarzburg
RUD,SCH, DEU - Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
SON,SCH, DEU - Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
SUD, DEU - Sudetenland
THE, DEU - Thüringen / Thuringia
WAL, DEU - Waldeck / Waldeck und Pyrmont
WPRU, DEU - West Prussia / Westpreußen
WFA,PRU, DEU - Westfalen / Westphalia
WUE, DEU - Württemberg / Wurttemberg

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Hungary

BAN, HUN - Banat
BAR, HUN - Baranya
BAT, HUN - Batschka / Batchka / Bacska
HRV, HUN - Croatia / Hrvatska/ Kroatien
SLA, HUN - Slavonia
SRM, HUN - Syrmien / Syrmia / Srijem / Szerem
TRN, HUN - Transylvania

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Norway

AK, NOR - Akershus
AA, NOR - Aust-Agder
BU, NOR - Buskerud
FI, NOR - Finnmark
HE, NOR - Hedmark
HO, NOR - Hordaland
MR, NOR - Møre og Romsdal
NO, NOR - Nordland
NNO, NOR - Nord-Norge
NT, NOR - Nord-Trøndelag
OES, NOR - Østfold / Ostfold
OEST, NOR - Østlandet / Ostlandet
OP, NOR - Oppland
OS, NOR - Oslo
RO, NOR - Rogaland
ST, NOR - Sør-Trøndelag
SOER, NOR - Sørlandet
SF, NOR - Sogn og Fjordane
TE, NOR - Telemark
TROE, NOR - Trøndelag
TR, NOR - Troms
VA, NOR - Vest-Agder
VE, NOR - Vestfold
VES, NOR - Vestlandet

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Sweden

AEL, SWE Älvsborg / Alvsborg
BLK, SWE Blekinge
GVL, SWE Gävleborg / Gavleborg
GTB, SWE Göteborg & Bohus
GOT, SWE Gotland
HAL, SWE Halland
JMT, SWE Jämtland
JNK, SWE Jönköping
KLM, SWE Kalmar
KPR, SWE Kopparberg
KST, SWE Kristianstad
KRN, SWE Kronoberg
MLM, SWE Malmöhus
NRB, SWE Norrbotten
OER, SWE Örebro / Orebro
OEG, SWE Östergötland / Ostergotland
SKR, SWE Skaraborg
SDR, SWE Södermanland
STL, SWE Stockholm county
STK, SWE Stockholm (city)
UPP, SWE Uppsala
VRM, SWE Värmland / Varmland
VBT, SWE Västerbotten / Vasterbotten
VNR, SWE Västernorrland / Vasternorrland
VMN, SWE Västmanland / Vastmanland

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Switzerland

AG, CHE - Aargau
AR, CHE - Appenzell (Ausser Rhoden)
AI, CHE - Appenzell (Inner Rhoden)
BL, CHE - Basel-Lanschaft / Basle (state)
BS, CHE - Basel-Stadt / Basle (city)
BE, CHE - Bern / Berne
FR, CHE - Freiburg / Fribourg
GE, CHE - Geneva / Geneve / Genf
GL, CHE - Glarus
GR, CHE - Graubunden / Grisons
JU, CHE - Jura
LU, CHE - Lucerne / Luzern
NE, CHE - Neuchatel / Neuenberg
NW, CHE - Nidwalden
OW, CHE - Obwalden
SG, CHE - Saint Gall / Sankt Gallen
SH, CHE - Schaffhausen
SZ, CHE - Schwyz
SO, CHE - Solothurn
TI, CHE - Tessin / Ticino
TG, CHE - Thurgau
UR, CHE - Uri
VS, CHE - Valais / Wallis
VD, CHE - Vaud / Waadt
ZH, CHE - Zuerich / Zurich
ZG, CHE - Zug

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Yugoslavia

HRV, YUG - Croatia / Hrvatska / Kroatien
MKD, YUG - Macedonia
MNT, YUG - Montenegro
SER, YUG - Serbia
SVN, YUG - Slovenia
VOJ,SER, YUG - Vojvodina / Woiwodina

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Modified Sunday, 27-Jun-2004 19:39:24 MDT