The *rner Genealogy Project | Census abbreviations.

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)

Ag Agricultural

app Pension Application (in Civil War Veterans only)

Arty Artillery (in Civil War Veterans and Units only)

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

BLM U.S. Bureau of Land Management

boro borough (a municipality)

c circa

cert Pension Certificate (in Civil War Veterans only)

Co./Co County (in Civil War Veterans & in PA Extracts only)

Comm Commerce/Commercial

Dist/Dt District

Div Division

E East

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

(f)/Fem female

IGI International Genealogical Index

Inf Infantry (in Civil War Veterans and Units only)

(m)/M male

Mnfg Manufacturing

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

N North

No Northern

NYC New York City

Pct Precinct

Phil Philadelphia

P.O./PO Post Office

Prof Professional

Pt/Pte Point/Pointe (in the name of a locality only)

Regt Regiment (in Civil War Veterans and Units only)

S South

Sbd Subdivision

Sec Section

SSDI Social Security Death Index

StL St. Louis, MO

sub substitute (in Civil War Veterans and Units only)

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:

[Note that my abbreviations do not always match the worldwide standard three-letter country abbreviations.]

ALS Alsace HOL Holland ROM Romania

AUS Austria HES Hesse, GER RUS Russia

BAD Baden, GER HUN Hungary SAX Saxony, GER

BAV Bavaria, GER IRE Ireland SCH Schaffhausen, SWI

BOH Bohemia, GER/POL MEC Mecklenburg, GER SCO Scotland

CAN Canada NAS Nassau, GER SIL Silesia, GER/POL

CZE Czechoslovakia NOR Norway SLO Slovenia

DEN Denmark OLD Oldenburg, GER SWE Sweden

ENG England PFA Pfalz, GER SWI Switzerland

FRA France PHI Philippines WAL Wales

GER Germany POL Poland WIT Wittenburg, GER

HAM Hamburg, GER POM Pomerania, GER/POL WUE Württemberg, GER

HAN Hannover, GER PRU Prussia, GER/POL

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