ABBREVIATIONS                

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STATES

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ABBREVIATIONS IN THE TEXT

abt.       about dy           died young m            month (with y and d) PRU         Prussia, Germany
anc       ancestor ENG       England m            malatto Ref:           Reference Source
au         aunt f/             from m.           mother rem           remarried
Aug      August fa            father   res.           resided
b.         born fa/o         father of   res/o        resident of
b          black fem         female Mar        March resp.        respectively
BAV    Bavaria, Germany fil            father-in-law Mat        Maternal ret.           returned
bef       before FRA       France May        May retr           retired
BEL     Belgium gen         generation MEX       Mexico SCO        Scotland
bil         brother-in-law GER       German mig          migrated Sep          September
bro       brother gnfa         grandfather mil           mother-in-law set.           settled
c          circa gnmo       grandmother mo.          mother sil             sister-in-law
CAN   Canada gr            great mo/o        mother/o sis             sister
cem     cemetery h             husband nat/o         native of s/o            son/o
ch        child/children h/o          husband of n.d.           no date sp?           spelling
co.       county HES       Hesse Darmstadt,  Ger n.m.          never married SPA         Spain
d          day HOL      Holand NOR        Norway SWE        Sweden
d.         died inf           infancy Nov          November unc           uncle
d. inf.    died in infancy IRE         Ireland /o              of w/             with
dec       deceased ITA         Italy occ            occupation WAL        Wales
Dec      December Jan          January Oct           October wd            widow
DEN    Denmark Jul           July par            parent wdr           widower
d/o       daughter of Jun          June     pat.            paternal y               year
des/o   decendant of m            married prob          probably  

*m  =  (no period) month in context; example: the age of a child 1y 9m 3d
*m. = (with a period) married in context; example: m. 21 Apr 1873,

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