>> From EPNMV1.NCIFCRF.GOV!WELCHL Fri Mar 4 11:46:34 1994 >> From: WELCHL@EPNMV1.NCIFCRF.GOV (Lester Welch) >> Subject: ...new ABBREVS >> Many thanks to all who offered additions and made corrections. ------------- + Symbolic of an Episcopal or Catholic Priest. 1C - first cousin (2c, second cousin, etc.) 1R - once removed (2r, twice removed, etc.) ACW - American Civil War Admon. - Letters of Administration (British wills) AFRA - American Family Records Association Ag. Lab. - Agricultural Labourer (British censuses) AGLL- American Genealogical Lending Library AGRA - Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (Professional) AIF - Australian Imperial Forces AMINDEX - Index of emigrants from British Isles to USA and West Indies APG - Association of Proferssional Genealogists, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange - type of file on a computer that is usually readable / writable by most word processors AIS - Accelerated Indexing System b - born BACSA - British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia BALH - British Association for Local History bap - baptized bapt - baptized BBS - Bulletin Board System Phone dial up connection for PC's. BK - Brother's Keeper, a genealogy program BL - British Library BMD - Births, Marriages and Deaths BMP - Bit Mapped Picture - file format of a computer disk file Bp - Bishop BT - Bishop's Transcript (British parish registers) BTW - By The Way (electronic communication, in general) bur - buried C18 - Eighteenth century (etc.) ca - circa, about, (as in ca. 1840.) CANINDEX - Index of emigrants from British Isles to Canada and Newfoundland CC - County Court (USA) CD - Compact Disk - An optical disk used with some PC's to store lots of data. CFI - Computer File Index (precursor of IGI) chr - Christened. CIG - Computer Interest Group (electronic communication, in general) CPAFUG - a BBS operated by the Capital Personal Ancestral File Users Group strictly genealogy CRO - County Record Office (British) CRT - Cathode Ray Tube - usually the incorrect reference to a computer video display terminal. CW - Civil War (specifically in the USA, 1861-1865). d - died. DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution DBF - Data Base Files (specifically for dBASE III and dBase IV) DC - District Court (USA) dnm - deceased never married (from Mike Johnston) DOCS - Documents / Documentations DOS - Disk Operating System - Supervisory program on computers that execute different computer commands usually typed in from the keyboard div - divorced. DRO - Diocesan Record Office (British) d.s.p. - died without issue (from Latin: decessit sine prole) EBCDIC - Type of file on a computer disk or tape that is most often for IBM mainframes. Distinct and different from ASCII. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions FE - Family Edge genealogy software program FFHS - Federation of Family History Societies (British) Benson Room,Birmingham & Midland Institute,Margaret Street Birmingham,B3 3BS,UK FFV - First Families of Virginia FGRA - Family Group Record Archives FGS - ancestral charts or "Family Group Sheets" FHC - Family History Center (LDS satellite centers) FHL - Family History Library (LDS main library in Utah) FHLC - Family History Library Catalog FHS - Family History Society also Family History System, a program by Phillip E. Brown FOIA - Freedom of Information Act FTM - Family Tree Maker, a genealogy program from Banner Blue Software FTP - File Transfer Protocol (networking, technical) FWIW - For What It's Worth (electronic communication in general) FYI - For Your Information (electronic communication,in general) geb - Born (From German, geboren) GED - Extension of GEDCOM files also a program by Dollarhide Systems for indexing sources. GEDCOM - GEnealogical Data COMmunications GENEALOG - Genealogy storage of textual help files on ROOTS-L gest - died (from German, gestorben) GIF - A format to hold images on a computer disk file GIM - Genealogical Information Manager GOONS - Guild Of One Name Studies GRD - Genealogical Research Directory GRO - General Registry Office (St Catherine's House, British) GRB - General Reference Book GSDS - Genealogy Software Distribution System HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office (British) IGI - International Genealogical Index IGS - Irish Genealogical Society IHGS - Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies ILL - Inter-Library Loan IMHO - In My Humble Opinion ( electronic communication, in general) IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion ( electronic communication, in general) IOOF - Independent Order of Odd Fellows IRAD - Illinois Regional Archive Depository IRC - International Reply Coupon ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISO - In Search Of ISSN - International Standard Serial Number IVRH - International Vital Records Handbook LAN - Local Area Network - group of computers connected in a network LC - Library of Congress LCCN - Library of Congress Card Number LDS - Latter Day Saints (Mormons) LL - LifeLines, a genealogy program for UNIX LOC - Location (rarely, Library of Congress) LOCIS - Library of Congress Information System MARC-AMC - A labeling convention for on-line library catalogs MG - Minister of the Gospel MI- Monumental (or Memorial) Inscription NARA - National Archives and Records Administration NATF - National Archives Trust Fund NEHGS - New England Historical Genealogy Society NGC - National Genealogical Conference NGS - National Geographical Society NGS/CIG a BBS operated by the National Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group strictly genealogy NLW - National Library of Wales obit. - died OCLC - Online Computer Library Center OLUC - OnLine Union Catalog OPAC - Online Public Access Catalogs OPCS - Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (British) OPR - Old Parochial Records (for Scotland, kept in the Scottish Registry office) o.t.p. - of this parish (British records) PAC - Public Access Catalog - same as OPAC. PAF - Personal Ancestry File, genealogy program of the Mormon Church (LDS) PCC - Prerogative Court of Canterbury (English wills) PCX - A format to hold image information on a computer disk file PCY - Prerogative Court of York (English wills) PILI - (Filby's) Passenger Lists and Immigration Index PRO - Public Record Office (British) PRONI - Public Records Office of Northern Ireland REUNION - Genealogy program RIII - Roots III (ROOTS3) genealogy software program (TM) (Comsoft, Inc) ROOTS-L - a mailing list of subscribers who are interested in genealogy RSL - Karen's Roots Surname List RSN - Real Soon Now RUC - Royal Ulster Constabulary RW - Revolutionary War (USA) SAE - Stamped, Addressed Envelope (British) SAR - Sons of the American Revolution SASE - Self Addressed, Stamped Envelope (USA) SC - Superior Court (USA) SGCF - Societe Genealogique Canadienne-francaise SLC - Salt Lake City soc.roots - a Usenet newsgroup for people interested in genealogy SOG - Society of Genealogists (British) SOUNDEX - 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. SIMTEL20 - Archival storage area for files SoG - Society of Genealogists (British) SVPAFUG - Silicaon Valley Personal Ancestral File Users Group SYSOP - SYStem OPerator - Person that maintains a BBS TAG - The American Genealogist, a magazine. TFE - The Family Edge, a genealogy program TIA - Thanks In Advance TIB - Temple Index Bureau file. TIFF - A format to hold image data picture on a computer disk file TMG - The Master Genealogist, a genealogy program. TMS - Tiny Tafels Software genealogy program also Tafel Matching System TSR - computer program that is run and then Terminated and Stays Resident in the memory of the computer till it is turned off TT - Tiny-Tafel USIA - U.S. Information Agency VDT - a computer video display terminal. wid - widow (from Mike Johnston) WW1 - World War One WW2 - World War Two