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Home Holdings and Collections Researching genealogy and family history Keith Matthews Name Files, 1500-1850 Keith Matthews Name Files, Abbreviation Guide Abbreviations: A
Abbreviations: A
Abbreviation | Reference |
AB | able-bodied seaman |
Abbotskers | Abbottskerswell, Devon, England |
Abbotskers | Abbottskerswell, Devon Parish Records, England |
Abra | Abraham |
a/c | on account |
Addit | British Library Additional Manuscripts |
Adm 1* | Great Britain. Admiralty. Adm 1, Vol. #. In-Letters and Minutes, 1660-1934 |
Adm 7* | Great Britain. Admiralty and Secretariat. Adm 7, Vol. #. Miscellanea (includes Registers of Letters of Marque, 1777-1815) (Volumes 75-121 are Registers of Passes, 1661-1815) |
Adm 8* | Great Britain. Admiralty. Adm 8, Vol. #. Registers, Returns and Certificates. List Books (Disposition of Ships) |
Adm 36* | Great Britain. Admiralty. Adm 36, Vol. #. Ships Musters, Series I, 1688-1808 (Muster Rolls of British Warships) |
Adm 68* | Great Britain. Greenwich Hospital. Adm 68, Vol. #. Accounts and Ledgers, Various, 1696-1865 (Seamen's sixpences) |
admins | administrator |
afton | Afton, Devon, England |
afton | Afton, Devon Parish Records, England |
Agilas | Aguilas, Spain |
aish | Aish, Devon, England |
Alex | Alexander |
alicante | Alicante, Spain |
allhallows exon | All Hallows, Exeter, Devon, England |
altea | Altea, Spain |
am | American |
Amb or Ambr | Ambrose |
American passengers | unknown (dec 1763 Day- D039) |
and | Andrew (in reference to name) |
annl | annual; annually |
Antigua | Antigua, West Indies |
antwerp | Antwerp, Belgium |
Apc Col* | Great Britain. Acts of the Privy Council. Colonial
apothecary one who, for medicinal purposes, prepares and sells drugs or compounds |
app | apprentice |
apple | Appledore, Devon, England |
apple | Appledore, Devon Parish Records, England |
apr | April |
arch | Archibald |
arch or archiv* | Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published Lists. 1] Old Properties Early Residents, St. John's, 1780-1781 |
arichat | Arichat, Richmond County, Nova Scotia |
arth | Arthur |
ash parish | Ashburton, Devon Parish Records, England |
ash parish | Ashcombe, Devon Parish Records, England |
ashburton | Ashburton, Devon, England |
ashburton | Ashburton, Devon Parish Records, England |
Ashcombe | Ashcombe, Devon, England |
Ashcombe | Ashcombe, Devon Parish Records, England |
ashprington | Ashprington, Devon, England |
atty | attorney |
aug | August or Augustus or Augustine |
aveiro | Aveiro, Portugal |
aylesbear | Aylesbeare, Devon, England |
aylesbear | Aylesbeare, Devon Parish Records, England |
ayr | possibly Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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