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Abbreviations found in historical documents

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John

John Report 15 Dec 2004 23:56

Hi Here is a reminder of interesting sites that will help you decipher abbreviations found on historical documents. John

John

John Report 22 Nov 2004 02:12

Thanks too Christine, hadn't seen those ones before. John

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 22 Nov 2004 01:18

Thanks for that John. Here are a few other sites that have abbreviations used in genealogy. http://www.datastore.*com/~myrona/NFMISC/abbrev.html http://www.geocities.*com/Heartland/Prairie/3226/ abbrevia.html http://www.rootsweb.*com/roots-l/abbrevs.html (remember to remove *) best wishes Christine

John

John Report 22 Nov 2004 01:06

This site will help understand the abbreviations found in historical documents. http://www(.)btinternet(.)com/(~)roy(.)cox/definitions/abbs(.)htm ****** Oh yes remember to remove the brackets too. John