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Abbreviations and Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians

A book by by Kip Sperry.

Abbreviations Found in Genealogy

Acronym Finder

Over 193,000 acronyms/abbreviations and their definitions.

Alphabet Soup: Understanding the Genealogical Community

Article by Kathleen W. Hinckley, CGRS on Genealogy.com.

Ancestry.com Wiki - List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

This article originally appeared in "Appendix A: Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms" in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Genealogical Abbreviations

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Genealogy Abbreviations

Genealogy Quest: Genealogical Research Assistance - Abbreviations

Geni.com - Abbreviations & Acronyms for Genealogy - The Accepted

A compiled list of common abbreviations and acronyms used in genealogy.

Historismi.Net - Lyhenteitä ja Termejä / Terms and Abbreviations

Finnish.

Quaker Abbreviations for Meeting Minutes

Secret Society, Fraternal organizations abbreviations, slogans, mottoes, a complete list: A-L

Known Fraternal organizations and secret societies with abbreviations.

Secret Society, Fraternal organizations abbreviations, slogans, mottoes, a complete list: M-Z

Known Fraternal organizations and secret societies with abbreviations.

Suomen Sukututkimusseura | Lyhenteitä / Finnish Genealogical Society - Abbreviations

A collection of Finnish, Swedish and Latin abbreviations that can be encountered in connection with genealogy.

Terms and Abbreviations in the Communion Book Headings

Finnish.

The Genealogists' Handbook - Common (and Not So Common) Abbreviations

From Kentuckiana Genealogy.

The Plymouth Colony Pages - Abbreviations for Genealogical Sources

A guide to abbreviations used in genealogical literature for some major sources such as genealogical journals.