Abbreviations found in Census and other extracts only

Not included in this list:

Names of months (which use the standard three-letter abbreviations).

Names and occupations abbreviated in the original record, which are transcribed as written.

ACPL Allen County Public Library (in Ft. Wayne, IN)

aft after that year (in indexes and descendant lists only)

bef before that year (in indexes and descendant lists only)

c circa

Dist District

Dt District

Div Division

E East

E.D./ED Enumeration District (in later censuses)

(f)/Fem female

IGI International Genealogical Index

(m)/M male

mo month(s) (infant’s ages, in censuses only)

N North

No Northern

NYC New York City

Pct Precinct

P.O./PO Post Office

S South

Sbd Subdivision

Sec Section

SSDI Social Security Death Index

StL St. Louis, MO

Twp Township

W West

Wd Ward (in boroughs, in censuses only)

[NOTE: There are also a very few other global abbreviations used in all files.]

State abbreviations:

AK Alaska KY Kentucky NY New York

AL Alabama LA Louisiana OH Ohio

AR Arkansas MA Massachusetts OK Oklahoma

AZ Arizona MD Maryland OR Oregon

CA California ME Maine PA Pennsylvania

CO Colorado MI Michigan RI Rhode Island

CT Connecticut MN Minnesota SC South Carolina

DC District of Columbia MO Missouri SD South Dakota

DE Delaware MS Mississippi TN Tennessee

FL Florida MT Montana TX Texas

GA Georgia NC North Carolina UT Utah

HI Hawaii ND North Dakota VA Virginia

IA Iowa NE Nebraska WA Washington

ID Idaho NH New Hampshire WI Wisconsin

IL Illinois NJ New Jersey WV West Virginia

IN Indiana NM New Mexico WY Wyoming

KS Kansas NV Nevada

Country and Province abbreviations used on this site:

ALS Alsace HAN Hannover POM Pommern

AUS Austria HOL Holland PRU Prussia

BAD Baden HES Hessen RUS Russia

BAV Bavaria HUN Hungary SAX Saxony

BOH Bohemia IRE Ireland SCH Schaffhausen, SWI

CAN Canada MEC Mecklenburg SCO Scotland

SIL Schlesien (Silesia)

DEN Denmark NAS Nassau SWE Sweden

ENG England NOR Norway SWI Switzerland

FRA France OLD Oldenburg WAL Wales

GER Germany PFA Pfalz WIT Wittenburg

HAM Hamburg POL Poland WUE Wuerttemberg

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