For Families

(Latin, et cetera) meaning "and so forth" or "and also"

born, birthdate

dead, deathdate, married to, Symbolic of an Episcopal or Catholic Priest.

first cousin (2c, second cousin, etc.)

once removed (2r, twice removed, etc.)

at

about; age; aged; acre; aunt; (Latin "ante") meaning "before"

against all risks

attested copy, account current

also known as

autographed letter signed

account of

letters of administration with will and codicil annexed

(Latin, anno aetatis suae) pronounced an-oh i-tey-tis soo-ee, it means in the year of his or her age.

abbreviation

abdicated

abridged, abridgment

abstract

abstract

about

academy

according to, account, accompanied

account

accurate

acknowledged

acting

adjoining, adjutant, adjourned

admission, admitted

administration, administrator

administration

administratrix

(Latin, ad sectam) meaning "at the suit of"

about the age of

aforesaid

affidavit

after

alderman

allegiance

alias

at liberty to marry (Quaker)

ancestry, ancestor, ancient

annotated

another

anonymous

antiquary, antonym

antiquary, antiquities, antiquity, antiquarian

attending places of diversion; appointed; appealed (Quaker)

apprentice, aprpoximately, appendix, appointed

(Latin, apponit clamium) meaning "he or she stands by, joins or supports the claim"

appraisment

apprised, appeared

approximately

appointed

appendix

appointed

artillery company

arrived; arranged

ascertain, ascertained

assigned

assessor

association

associated, associate

association

attached to, attended (Quaker)

attorney

gold

auditor

Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

American Antiquarian Society Proceedings

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (of Freemasons)

Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Bachelor of Arts

Archbishop

Ante Christum, ancestor chart

American Civil War

(Latin, Anno Domini) translates to "in the year of our Lord". It is used to represent the number of years since the birth of Christ. For example; 2011 AD or Annon Domini 2011 means "in the year of our Lord 2011" which is intended to mean 2011 years since the birth of Christ. However, the AD/BC calendaring system was based on a sixth-century estimate for the year in which Jesus was conceived or born. This year numbering system was devised by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the year 525 to replace the Diocletian years because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians. He attempted to number years from an event he referred to as the Incarnation of Jesus. Scholars today generally agree that he miscalculated the year of Christ's birth with most scholars placing the event in what would today be numbered 4 BC.

adopted child

adopted daughter

letters of administration (related to British wills)

adopted son

Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots (Masons)

Ancient, Free, & Accepted Masons

Ancestral File database maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Ancient Free and Accepted Mason

American Family Records Association

Accredited Genealogist (FHL credential)

Agricultural Labourer (British censuses)

Armenian General Benevolent Union

American Genealogical Lending Library

Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (Professional)

Ancient and Honorable Order of the Jersey Blues

Australian Imperial Forces

Accelerated Indexing System

Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria

American Legion

Master of Arts, Latin, anno mundi meaning year of the world, Latin, ante meridiem meaning before noon

American Revolution, American War for Independence

Index of emigrants from British Isles to USA and West Indies

Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis

Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (Odd Fellows)

American Veterans

Air Order of Battle

Ancient Order of Druids

Ancient Order of Degree Coopermen

Ancient Order of Foresters

Ancient Order of Hibernians

American Order of Pioneers

Ancient Order of United Workmen

apprentice

Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites

Association of Proferssional Genealogists, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Association for Protection of Jewish Immigrants

Appelate division

Assistant Quartermaster (US Civil War)

Assistant Quartermaster Remount Service (US Civil War)

Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Frederick Weis

AR above, Seventh Edition (current)

American Red Cross

Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Socius (Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries)

American Standard Code for Information Interchange a type of file on a computer that is usually readable / writable by most word processors

American Society of Freedmen's Descendants

American Society of Genealogists

Army Serial Number

assistant

Attendant

Absent Without Leave (military)

brother in law

born; baptized; black; Negro

Bail Bond

Bount Land Warrant

Bench Mark, British Museum

in court records, Bill of Sale

Bishop's Transcripts

Bachelor of Arts

British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia

British Association for Local History

Brigade of the American Revolution

Benefit Association of Railway Employees

bound boy

Bulletin Board System Phone dial up connection for PC's.

(Before Christ) . It is used to represent the number of years before the birth of Christ. For example; 2011 BC is intended to mean 2011 years prior to the birth of Christ. However, the AD/BC calendaring system was based on a sixth-century estimate for the year in which Jesus was conceived or born. This year numbering system was devised by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the year 525 to replace the Diocletian years because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians. He attempted to number years from an event he referred to as the Incarnation of Jesus. Scholars today generally agree that he miscalculated the year of Christ's birth with most scholars placing the event in what would today be numbered 4 BC or perhaps a few years earlier.

It is usually taken to mean "Before the Common Era" or "Before the Current Era" though some religous groups have recast it as "Before the Christian Era". All versions carry the same meaning as "BC" or "Before Christ". They are used to represent the number of years before the birth of Christ. For example; 2011 BCE or is intended to mean 2011 years prior to the birth of Christ. However, the CE/BCE calendaring system was based on a sixth-century estimate for the year in which Jesus was conceived or born. This year numbering system was devised by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the year 525 to replace the Diocletian years because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians. He attempted to number years from an event he referred to as the Incarnation of Jesus. Scholars today generally agree that he miscalculated the year of Christ's birth with most scholars placing the event in what would today be numbered 4 BCE or perhaps a few years earlier.

Board for Certification of Genealogists

Battle Casualty Report

burial grounds

bound girl

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Brother's Keeper, a genealogy computer program

brother-in-law

British Library

Bureau of Land Management, Bount Land Warrant

Births, Marriages and Deaths

Bit Mapped Picture a graphical file format of a computer disk file

Brotherhood of the New Life

Bishop; baptized

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Bishop's Transcript (British parish registers)

By The Way (electronic communication, in general)

birth date

brother-in-law

both of this parish

bachelor

baptized, baptism

baptized

baronet

bachelor

birth certificate

bound, buried

birth date

because, became

before

bequest

between

biography

bishop

books, barracks

bondsman

bought, bottom

bought, bottom

birthplace

baptized

brother-in-law

brother

brother-in-law

brother

buried

buried

Coat of Arms

Eighteenth century (etc.)

(English) Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds

Certified American Indian Lineage Specialist (BCG credential)

Certified American Lineage Specialist (BCG credential)

Index of emigrants from British Isles to Canada and Newfoundland

captain, captured, captivity

National Society, Children of the American Revolution

County Clerk, County Court, County Commissioner, Company Commander

Court of Common Pleas

(English) Calendar of Close Roles

Compact Disk an optical disk used with some PC's to store lots of data.

Colonial Dames of America, Catholic Daughters of America

Certified Degree of Indian Blood

Common Era,Christian Era,Current Era, indicating the number of years since the birth of Christ

Computer File Index (precursor of IGI)

(English) Calendar of Fine Rolls

Certified Genealogist

Certified Genealogist

Certified Genealogical Instructor (BCG credential)

Certified Genealogical Lecturer (BCG credential)

Certified Genealogical Record Searcher (BCG credential)

Court House

chamber maid

Computer Interest Group (electronic communication, in general)

(English) Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous

(English) Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem

County Judge

child

Clerk of the Court

Concrete Masonry Unit

commanding officer, Colonial Office

county; company

Colonel (military rank)

(English) Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls

Compete Peerage, by G.E. Cokayne

a BBS operated by the Capital Personal Ancestral File Users Group strictly genealogy

(English) Calendar of Patent Rolls

Church Records Archives

County Record Office (British)

Cathode Ray Tube old style picture tubes used in televisions and computer monitors. They are now obsolete having been replaced by various flat screen displays.

Confederate States of America

Court Files

Court Records

Confederate Veterans of America

Civil War (specifically in the USA, 1861-1865), church warden

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors

circa, about

copyright, century, cousin, codicil, (Latin, circa) meaning "about" or "approximately", (Latin comitis) meaning "count"

church report

copy signed

child of

(Latin, circa) meaning "about" or "approximately"

captain, captured, captivity

catalogue

cathedral

cemetery

census

census

century

certificate

certificate

confer

child; children; church; chief; chaplain; chapel; chapter

child of

chancery

children

Cotton Loom Hand Worker

condemned his/her misconduct (Quaker)

children

christened, Christian, charter

christened

circa

civil

clerk

codicil

codices

co-heir

college, collections

commissioner, commander, commentary, committee, common, commoner, communicate, companion

complained (Quaker)

commissioners, committee

company

condemned (Quaker)

conferred

conjecture

continued

contract

corporal

counsellor

cousin

covenant

correspond, correspondence

cousin, cousins

court, citation, county, count, certificate

cousin

deceased

died, death, daughter, days, British pence

daughter and coheiress

daughter and heiress

died unmarried

document signed, died single

(Latin, descessit sine prole) meaning "died without issue" or "childless"

(Latin, descessit sine prole mascula) meaning "died without male issue"

(Latin, descessit victus matris) meaning "died while mother was living"

(Latin, decessit victus patre) meaning "died while father was living"

died young

daughter of

daughter, day

daughter-in-law

daughter

daughter

daughters

From the Latin de bonis non meaning of no good

deacon

deacon

deceased, dead

deceased, dead

deceased, dead

decision

degree

deputy, depot

department

descendant

devised

daughter-in-law

diocese

discharge, disowned, disowned for (Quaker)

discipline

distance, district

divorce, divorced, division

deacon

(Latin, ditto) meaning "same", the same as the previous entry

document

document

domestic

dropped plain dress (Quaker)

death place

doctor, dram, drinking to excess (Quaker)

dropped (Quaker)

deaths, daughters

descendant

(Latin, decessit sine prole) meaning "died without issue"

(Latin, decessit sine prole legitima) meaning "died without legitimate issue"

(Latin, decessit sine prole malus) meaning "died without sons"

(Latin, decessit sine prole malus legitima) meaning "died without legitimate sons"

(Latin, decessit sine prole malus suivre) meaning "died without surviving sons"

(Latin, decessit sine prole suivre) meaning "died without surviving issue"

delirium tremens

date, daughter, daughters

dated

ditto

daughter

died unmarried

(Latin, decessit vita matris) meaning

(Latin, decessit vita patris) meaning

daughter in law

District Attorney

Dictionary of American Biography

National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists

Daughters of the American Revolution

Disabled American Veterans

Domesday Book, deed book

Daughters of the British Empire

Data Base Files (specifically for dBASE III and dBase IV)

District of Columbia, Deputy Clerk, Deputy County Clerk

District Court (USA)

Descendants of Colonial Governors

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Doctor of Divinity, minister

Domesday Descendents, Doctor of Dental Surgery

Declared Dead (military)

descent from antiquity which is taken to mean pre-medieval

Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

Durham Light Infantry

Descendants of Mexican War Veterans

Date of birth

Documents / Documentations

Date of death

Daughters Of the King

Disk Operating System an early supervisory copmputer program that has been superceded by various graphical operating systems like Microsoft Windows.

Died of Wounds (military)

Daughter of the Revolution; Diocesan Registry

Diocesan Record Office (British)

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers; duplicate entry

Department of Veterans Affairs

Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge

ease, earl

(Latin, exempli gratia) meaning "for example"

easily

executrix, a female executor

edited, edition, editor

education, educated

eldest

endorsed (Quaker)

enough

ensign

ensuing

esquire

estate, established

establishment

estimated

(Latin, et ali, et alae, et alia) meaning "and others"

(Latin, et vir) meaning "and man" or "and husband". Commonly used in legal documents to signify an unidentified husband.

(Latin, et cetera) meaning "and so forth" or "and also"

executor, executrix

except, excellency, excepted, exchange

executor

executor

executrix

executor

executors

executrix

executrix

Enumeration District

A computer data file format most often used on IBM mainframes.

Enlisted member (military)

employee

engineer

England

East Anglia National Heritage Area

(Latin, Eodem) meaning "at the same place or time". Used like ditto or do.

Europ

European Theater of Operations (military)

Evacuated to the U.S. (military)

Free and Accepted Masons

father in law

Field Artillery

Family Bible

Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy

Fellow of the American College of Cardiology

Fellow of the American College of Childbirth Educators

Fellow of the American College of Dentists

Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology

Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Fellowship of American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Fellow of the American College of Physicians

Fellow American College of Surgeons

farm hand

Frequently Asked Questions

Federal Archives and Records Centers (branches of the National Archives )

Fellow of the Antiquarian Society

Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists

farm worker

Friends burial ground

Family Edge genealogy software program

First Families

Federation of Family History Societies (British) Benson Room,Birmingham & Midland Institute,Margaret Street Birmingham,B3 3BS,UK

First Families of Virginia

Family Group Record Archives

Family Group Record Archives

Federation of Genealogical Societies, family group sheet

Family History Center (LDS satellite centers)

Family History Library (LDS main library in Salt Lake City Utah)

Family History Library Catalog

Family History Society also Family History System, a program by Phillip E. Brown

fireman

Fellow of the Irish Genealogical Research Society

father-in-law

Friendship Love & Truth (on tombstones -- see also IOOF & IORM)

foster mother

Fellow of the National Genealogical Society

Founders of the New Haven Colony

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Freedom of Information Act

Fraternal Order of Police (USA)

Family Registry

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland

Friends (Quaker)

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

Fellow of the Society of Genealogists

Family Tree Maker genealogy program from Banner Blue Software

File Transfer Protocol used primarily to transfer files over the internet

Family Tree Maker for Windows (software)

Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association

For What It's Worth (electronic communication in general)

For Your Information (electronic communication in general)

father, female, folio, feast, feet, farm, following

for example

father-in-law

free mulato, (Latin, feodum militis) meaning "knight's fee"

free negro

father

family

father-in-law

following (pages), foster father

fidelity

father-in-law

(Latin, flourit) meaning "he lives"

free man of color

folio

following; followed

formerly

free person of color, neither Caucasian nor enslaved

from

freeman, freemen

foot, fort

free woman of color

free white female

free white male

grand, great

grave record

grave stone

gun shot wound

granted certificate (Quaker)

grandchildren

granted certificate to (Quaker)

guardian

(German, geboren) meaning

general

gentleman

(German, gestorben) meaning

given, giving

granted letter

granted letter to

grandmother

godfather

godmother

government

grandparents

granddaughter

grandson

grand, great, grant, graduate

grandfather

grandmother

grandson

great grand

Great Britain

great aunt

Great Architect of the Universe (Freemason Word)

Grand Army of the Republic

acronym for Gateway Ancestor of Royal Descent

Grand Cross of the (Royal) Victorian Order (knight)

granddaughter

A computer data file format for exchanging genalogical data, a computer program by Dollarhide Systems for indexing sources.

GEnealogical Data COMmunication

Genealogy storage of textual help files on ROOTS-L

grandfather

great-grandfather

great-great-grandfather

great-great-grandmother

great-grandmother

Genelaogical Helper

A format to hold images on a computer disk file

Genealogical Information Manager

Genealogical Library Catalog

General Land Office

governess

Guild Of One Name Studies

Genealogical Periodical Annual Index

grave yard

General Reference Book

Genealogical Research Directory

General Registry Office (St Catherine's House, British)

grandson

Genealogy Software Distribution System

General Society, Sons of the Revolution

General Society of the War of 1812

Great Britain

Gone to Texas

great uncle

guardian

husband; heir; heiress; hour

husband of

headquarters

heraldry

herself

himself

historian

honorable

honorably discharged

honorary

honorably

hundred

husband

Honourable East India Company

handfast

hired hand

housekeeper

Highland Light Infantry, Herefordshire Light Infantry

His or Her Majesty, hired man

Her or His Majesty's Service or Ship

Her Majesty's Stationery Office (British)

Hospitaller Order of St. John of God

Huguenot Society of America

island

(Latin, ibidem) meaning "in the same place" or "same reference"

ignorant

illustrated

importation

incorporated, incomplete

included, inclusive, including

infant, infancy, infantry, informed

information

inherited

inhabitant

inquiry

insert

(Latin, inst) meaning "of the current month" , institute, institution

intentions; interested; interred; intestate meaning without a will; intention of marriage (a public notice of an upcoming marriage)

inventory

inventory

(Latin, inquisition post mortem) meaning "an after-death inventory of one's holdings"

International Genealogical Index

Irish Genealogical Society

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies

International Internet Genealogical Society

Inter Library Loan

In My Humble Opinion ( electronic communication, in general)

In My Not So Humble Opinion ( electronic communication, in general)

Indians

Indian Territory

Indian Territory

Indian Widow's Certificate United States army veterans of Inddian Wars that occured from 1817 to 1868 were eligible to receive pensions for claims dating from 1892 to 1926. The claims are classified as Indian survivors, originals, Indian survivors’ certificates, Indian widows’ originals, and Indian widows’ certificates. These files are indexed, and the microfilmed indexes are available at various libraries throughout the United States. The original pension files are located at the United States National Archives.

Indian Survivors' Certificates United States army veterans of Inddian Wars that occured from 1817 to 1868 were eligible to receive pensions for claims dating from 1892 to 1926. The claims are classified as Indian survivors, originals, Indian survivors’ certificates, Indian widows’ originals, and Indian widows’ certificates. These files are indexed, and the microfilmed indexes are available at various libraries throughout the United States. The original pension files are located at the United States National Archives.

Independent Order of Foresters

Independent Order of Good Templars

International Order of Job's Daughters (freemason)

Independent Order of Odd Fellows (fraternal organization)

Independent Order of Rechabites

International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (freemasonry)

Improved Order of Red Men

Improved Order of United American Mechanics

Illinois Regional Archive Depository

International Reply Coupon

International Standard Book Number

In Search Of

International Standard Serial Number

International Vital Records Handbook

joined (Quaker)

(Latin, jure matris) meaning "in the right of one's mother"

(Latin, jure uxoris) meaning "in the right of one's wife"

joined another society (Quaker)

jonge dochter/ young daughter (Dutch)

jonge man / young man (Dutch)

junior

judicia, judicious

judicia, judicious

junior

(French, jurat) meaning "The name given to the clause at the foot of an affidavit showing when, where, and before whom the actual oath was sworn or affirmation was made.["

Judge Advocate

Journal of Negro History

Justice of the Peace

killed, king

known

knight

Knight of Bath

Knights of Columbus, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory

Knight of the Garter, Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter

Knights of the Golden Eagle

Killed in Action (military)

Killed in Plane Crash (military)

Knight of the Legion of Honour; Knights and Ladies of Honor

Killed non-battle (military)

The King's Own Scottish Borderers

Knights of the Maccabees

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Order of Knights of Pythias

The King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Knight of the Order of the Thistle

(German, Kranken Unterst

license, law, lodger

local elder in a church

local preacher

laborer

laborer

pound

land, lord

leader

legacy, legatee

lived, living

library

license

lieutenant

lived, living

lived about

land

(Latin, legitimatio per matrimonium subsequens) meaning "legitimisation by subsequent matrimony"

(Latin, legitimatio per rescriptum principis) meaning "legitimisation by prince's rescript"

lieutenant

limited

liberated to marry

lived

living

Local Area Network a group of computers connected to allow file sharing

Latin

launderer

Letter Book Copy

Library of Congress

Loyal Christian Benefit Association

Library of Congress Card Number

The Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also known as the Mormons

Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic

LifeLines, a genealogy program for UNIX

Bachelor of Laws

Doctor of Laws

Master of Laws

Location (rarely, Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Information System

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland

Loyal Order Of Moose

(Latin, locus sigilli) meaning "where a seal is placed"

Lightly Wounded in Action (military)

mother in law

male; married; month

Master of Arts

A labeling convention for on-line library catalogs

Member of Council (King's); Member of Congress

Microfilm Corporation of America

Microfilm Card Catalog

Municipal Civil District, minor civil division (Census Soundex)

Doctor of Medicine, Middle Dutch

Mexican Survivors' Certificates

Mexcian Survivorr's Originals

Mexican Widows' Certificate

Minister of the Gospel

meeting house

Middle High German. It is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German. In some uses, the term covers a longer period, going up to 1500.

Monumental (or Memorial) Inscription

Missing in Action (military)

Mildred

in Census, married in that year

mother-in-law

Middle Low German, a language that is the descendant of Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German. It served as the international lingua franca of the Hanseatic League. It was spoken from about 1100 to 1600.

Military Land Warrant

Monthly Meeting of Society of Friends being a logcal congregation of a religious group also known as Quakers

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Military Order of the Purple Heart

Military Order of World Wars

Mayflower Quarterly

Mister

Mistress

mulatto, person with one Caucasian and one Negro parent

Modern Woodmen of America

mother-in-law

marriage banns

meeting house

monument inscription

mustered out

married first

married second

married third

married fourth

married fifth

magistrate

major

making

maternal

member

membership

married contrary to Discipline (Quaker)

married

member, membership, memorials, memoir

mentioned

plural of mister

military

military

minister

month

mother, month

death, corpse

months; married out of society (Quaker)

married out of unity (Quaker)

moved

manuscript

manuscripts

married to

meeting, mortgage

moved

my daughter

nephew, name, north

no date

no place

no publisher given

no christian name

not available, not applicable, unknown

naturalized, not applicable, not attending meeting (Quaker)

named

neighbor

no date, not dated

neglecting attendance (Quaker)

nephew-in-law

nephew

no further information

nothing further known

no further record

not given

name, never married

named

no middle name

noted

no page (or publisher) given

nuncupative meaning a will or testament declared orally as opposed to in writing especially by a mortally wounded soldier or sailor

(Latin, note bene) meaning "note well" or

New England, North Eeast

New Hampshire

North West

The United States National Archives in Washington, D.C., Native American

The United States National Archives and Records Administration

National Archives and Record Service

North African Theater (military)

National Archives Trust Fund

North African Theater of Operations (military, WW2)

National Civil War Association (USA)

National Endowment for the Humanities

New England Historic Genealogical Register published by the NEHGS

New England Historic Genealogical Society

National Fraternity of Military Pilots

National Genealogical Conference

National Genealogical Society, National Geographical Society

National Geographical Society

A computer bulletin board system operated by the National Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group strictly about genealogy

National Genealogical Society Quarterly

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

niece

National Library of Wales

(Latin, nomen nescio) meaning "not named" or "name unknown"

Naval Order of Battle

Next of Kin (military)

Notary Public

not reported (Census Soundex)

New Style (Gregorian) calendar also known as the "Western calendar", or "Christian calendar". It is currently the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582. The Gregorian claendar recognizes January 1 as the first day of the year; Nova Scotia

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

nurse

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Colletions

North West Territory

Navy Widow's Certificate

oath, officer, old

only child

out of print

died without offspring

of this parish (British records)

opposite side, as in grave recording

(Latin, obiit caelebs) meaning "died a bachelor"

(Latin, obiit) meaning "died" or (Latin obdormio) which translates as "fell asleep" but often also means "died"

obituary, died

occupation

official

official

often

ordained, ordinance, order, ordinary

organization

origin, original

(Latin, obiit sine prole) meaning "died without issue"

out of unity (Quaker)

Order Book

Old England, Old English

Old Style, as in Old Style Date

Order of the Arrow (Boy Scouts)

Order of the British Empire

Ox and Bucks Light Infantry

Order of Canada

Online Computer Library Center

Order of the Eastern Star

Order of the Holy Cross

OnLine Union Catalog

Organized Militia

Ordained Minister; Order of Merit

Order of Military Merit

Order of Preachers (Roman Catholicism; Dominican)

Online Public Access Catalogs

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (British)

Old Parochial Records (for Scotland, kept in the Scottish Registry office)

Old Style, Old Style or "Julian" calendar. The Julian calendar began in 45 BC (709 AUC) as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria. Evidence indicates it was designed to approximate the tropical year. The original Julian calendar began its year on 1 January though the recognized first day of the year changed a number of times over the centuries to include, 29 August, 30 August, 1 September, 23 September, 25 December, 1 March and 25 March.

Order of St. Anne; Ordinis Sancti Augustini (of the order of St. Augustine)

Order of St. Benedict

Order of the Sons of Italy in America

Order of St. Luke the Physician

Order of Servants of Mary

Order of the Star Spangled Banner

Order of United American Mechanics

(Latin, post) meaning "after, behind, afterwards, presently or shortly", page

power of attorney

parish record

prorare vexilla, patriotically

pamphlet

parish, parent, parents

patent, patented, paternal

purchased

people

perhaps

petition

petition

petitioner

page

pioneer

plantiff

pages

proved, probated, prisoner, prince, princess

produced a certificate (Quaker)

preceding

probable, probably

property

proprietor(s)

provision

parish

point, port, petition, pint

plaintiff

public, published, publisher, publication

private

payment

(Latin, post meridiem) meaning "after mid day", afternoon, Post Mortem, after death, Police Magistrate

Post Office

Patriotic Service

partner

papers submitted as in naturalization papers

Public Access Catalog same as OPAC.

Personal Ancestry File computer program from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Patrolman's Benevolent Association

Prerogative Court of Canterbury (English wills)

A format to hold image information on a computer disk file

Prerogative Court of York (English wills)

Presiding Elder

The Order of Patrons Of Husbandry (Grange)

Doctor of Philosophy

Preliminary Inventories

(Filby's) Passenger Lists and Immigration Index

Probate Judge of the Peace

Polish Legion of American Veterans

Poor Law Board

preparative meeting (Quaker)

Power of Attorney

Port of Entry

porter

Patriotic Sons of America

per power of Attorney

Public Records Office (British)

Public Records Office of Northern Ireland

pupil

Queen

Quaker

quarter master (military), quarterly meeting (Quaker)

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

(Latin, quod suivre) meaning "which follows"

(Latin, quod vide) meaning "which see"

query

Range, Rabbi, River, Road

Roman Catholic

Record Group (used in archives)

Railway Carmen of America

Rogationists Cordis Jesu (formal name for Rogationists a Roman Catholic Order of Men)

release of dower rights

records

Registrar General

Genealogy program

Revolutionary War

Registered Genealogist

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

Royal Highland Fusiliers

Roots III (ROOTS3) genealogy software program (TM) (Comsoft, Inc)

(Latin, requiescat in pace) meaning "rest in peace"

Royal Jersey Light Infantry

Returned to Military Control (Military)

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Neighbors of America

Roman

a mailing list of subscribers who are interested in genealogy

Regimental Quartermaster (US Civil War)

railroad

The Royal Scots Fusiliers

Karen's Roots Surname List

Real Soon Now

Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers)

Returned to Duty (military)

Royal Templars of Temperance

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Revolutionary War (USA)

rated

recorded; received

recorder

receipt

regarding

record; recorded; recorded a document; received

received by request (Quaker)

register

relative-in-law

relative, relict

relieved

released from care of (Quaker)

released by request (Quaker)

remove, removed

renunciation, renounced

report, representative, reprint, reprinted

replaced, replacement

repudiated

research, residence, resides, resided

respectively

retained membership (Quaker)

retired, returned

reversed

registrar

relinquished

reported married (to)

received on certificate (Quaker)

received on certificate from (Quaker)

received on letter (Quaker)

received on letter from (Quaker)

reported

requested certificate (Quaker)

requested certificate to (Quaker)

requested to come under care (Quaker)

request, requests, requested

reinstate, reinstated (Quaker)

said

son(s); soldier; survivor; spinster; successor; shilling; south; (French sire) lord; shilling (a unit of English money)

son and heir

(Latin, suo jure) meaning "in one's own right"

(Latin, sine prole) meaning "without offspring"

(Latin, sine prole legitima) meaning "without legitimate offspring"

(Latin, sine prole mascula) meaning "without male offspring"

son of

scattering, scattered

second, secretary, section, sector, security

separated; september

sergeant

service, servant

settlers, settler

several

(French, seigneur) meaning

share, ship

(Latin, sic) meaning "thus, as such, in such a manner or as written"

son-in-law

From the Latin sine meaning without

sister

From the Latin sine meaning without

society, societies

a Usenet newsgroup for people interested in genealogy

(Latin, sine prole) meaning "without children"

special bail

special imparlance

spelling, spelled

(Latin, sine prole femina) meaning "without daughters"

(Latin, sine prole legitima) meaning "without legitimate issue"

(Latin, sine prole mascula) meaning "without sons"

(Latin, sine prole mascula superstite) meaning "without surviving sons"

sponsor

(Latin, sine prole superstite) meaning

senior

surnames

saint, street, state

supply, superior

superintendant

surety

surgeon

swear; sworn

syllable

sister in law

southeast

sailor

Stamped Addressed Envelope (British)

saleslady

Sons of the American Revolution

self-addressed stamped envelope

stepbrother

Superior Court (USA)

step child

Sons of Confederate Veterans

Seventh Day Adventists

Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge

servant

September

South Eastern Yearly Meeting (Quaker)

stepfather

Societe Genealogique Canadienne francaise

sister

Archival storage area for files

son-in-law

Salt Lake City

stepmother

Survivors' Originals

Society of Genealogists (British)

A method of translating a name to a one letter code followed by three numerical digits. The aim of the translation is to render all names which sound alike (or sufficiently similar) to the same code.

Special Order War Department (US Civil War)

stepson

Social Security Death Index (USA)

superintendant

Sons of Union Veterans

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (USA)

Silicaon Valley Personal Ancestral File Users Group

Seriously Wounded in Action (military)

SYStem OPerator a Person that maintains a computer Buletin Board System

Township

town copy

The American Genealogist (quarterly journal published since 1922)

The Family Edge computer genealogy program

Thanks In Advance

Temple (Records) Index Bureau, Temple Index Bureau file.

A format to hold image data picture on a computer disk file

The Master Genealogist computer genealogy program

Tiny Tafels Software genealogy program also Tafel Matching System

Township

Temple Records Index Bureau

A computer program that is run and then Terminated and Stays Resident in the memory of the computer untill the computer is shut down.

Third Order of St. Francis

Tiny-Tafel

Tennessee Valley Authority

Texas Veterans Commission

title page

title page mutilated

title page wanting

taken

temporarily

tenant

territory

witness

though

thought

through

town, township

topographical

troop, translated, translation

transcribed

transferred

translation

treasurer

town

township

territory

uncle

United Kingdom

United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America

United Confederate Veterans

United Daughters of America

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Ultimate Family Tree (software)

United States Coast Guard

United States Colored Troops

USGenWeb (online collective providing genealogical resources via linked webpages)

U.S. Information Agency

United States Internet Genealogical Society

United States Marine Corps

United States Navy

United States Volunteers (US Civil War)

United States Works Progress Administration

under care of (Quaker)

(Latin ultimo) meaning "of last month"

unknown

unassigned

uncle

uniting, united

unknown

unmarried

unorganized

using profane language (Quaker)

(Latin uxor) wife

From the Latin vixit annos meaning (s)he lived (a certain number) years

vital records

vital statistics

various, variation, variant

(Latin, vita fratris) meaning "in the lifetime of his brother"

vital

(Latin, videlicet) meaning "of course, to be sure, clearly, plainly or namely"

(Latin, vita matris) meaning "in the lifetime of his mother"

volunteers, volumes

(Latin, vita patris) meaning

(Latin, vita sororis) meaning

(Welsh, verch) meaning "daughter of"

Minister of the word of God

Vulgar Latin

a computer video display terminal

Veterans of Foreign Wars

visitor

Very Important Person

Viscount, Viscountess

Veteran Reserve Corps (US Civil War)

Vermont Volunteer Infantry (US Civil War)

wife; week; white(meaning caucasian)

Will Book

Warrant Officer

Writer to the Signet

warden

Women's Army Corp

waitress

workman

Woodmen Of The World

Woodmen Of The World

Works Progress Administration

Women's Relief Corps

Western Reserve Historical Society

waiter

World War One

World War Two

will dated

will probated, will proved, white poll

with consent of

wife of

with power (Quaker)

wagoner

widow, ward

wife

wife of

who, which

widow

widower

witness

week(s)

wants

worked

witness

widow

widow of

widower

The Greek letter X which is pronounced Kai meaning Christ or Christian, a mark made by a person instead of a signature

Christian

Christianity

Christened

Christian

Christ

Christian

Christianity

exchange

married, Christ

year; years

graveyard

year, younger, your

the: where y represents the Old English letter thorn which is pronounced th

yearly meeting (Quaker)

that: where y represents the Old English letter thorn which is pronounced th