Genealogy Symbols
- * born
- (*) born illegitimate
- 0 betrothed
- 00 married
- 0-0 Common Law Marriage
- x baptized or christened
- 0/0 Divorced
- + died
- x died
buried
buried- (-) No further Issue
- ++ No further Issue
Abbreviated Words From Latin
| accountant | accomptant -compt |
| according | accord |
| account | acct or accot |
| administrator | admint |
| administratrix | adminx |
| aforesaid | aforsd, forsd, afsd. |
| captain | captn, capt. |
| church | chh |
| daughter | dau, daur |
| deceased | dec d |
| ditto | do, or d0 |
| esquire | esq, esqr, or esq |
| executor | exec r exor |
| gentleman | gentl n, gent |
| honorable | hon ble, hon: |
| improvement | improv. |
| inventory | inventy, inv. |
| Junior | Jun r, Jr, Jun |
| Messieurs | Messrs, Mess |
| namely | viz, viz: vizx |
| paid | pd, per..pr. |
| personal | person l, p’son l |
| probate | prob t |
| probate register | p.regist r |
| received | recd, recvd |
| receipt | rec t |
| record | rec d |
| register | reg r, regist r |
| said | sd |
| senior | Sen r, Sr., Sen: |
| testament | testam t, testa: |
| the | ye, y e, yere, yen, yis |
Meaning of Letters
| b. maker | breeches-maker |
| b’ k. | black |
| b’ s | blacksmith |
| c. make | clock maker |
| d. | distillery |
| f. | ferry, forge, furnace |
| f. m | fulling mill |
| f. master | forage master |
| g. | gristmill |
| gr. | ground rent |
| h. m. | hemp mill |
| m. | mill |
| m.w. | millwright |
| o.m. | oil mill |
| p.h’d. | per head |
| q.m. | quarter master |
| s. keeper | shoe keeper |
| s. m. | saw mills |
| s. master | school master |
| s. m’ r | shoe maker |
| s. | still |
| s. weaver | stocking weaver |
| t. k. | tavern keeper |
| t. y. | tan yard |
| w. | weaver |
Latin
| Anno domini | In the year of our Lord |
| Circa/ca/circ | about |
| et al | and others |
| item | also/likewise |
| liber/libro | book |
| nepos | grandson |
| obit/ob | he/she died |
| requiescat in pace/rip | rest in peace |
| sic | Thus so |
| testes | witnesses |
| ultimo/ult | last |
| uxor/us/vx | wife |