Abbreviations

A key to abbreviations used in the Family Bloodlines:

  • a. = active
  • b. = birth/born
  • bur. = buried
  • ca. = circa
  • chr. = christened/baptised
  • crem. = cremated
  • est. = estimated
  • d. = death/died
  • dsp. = died without issue (latin: descessit sine parole)
  • m.= married
  • m2. = 2nd marriage
  • m3. = 3rd marriage
  • M.I. = memorial inscription
  • posth. = posthumous
  • R.D. = Registration District
  • reg. = registered
  • Q = quarter (eg “d. reg. Q1” means: death registered 1st quarter of the year)
  • wid. = widowed