Kentuckiana Genealogy

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Having trouble getting started? Or maybe you're just new to on-line genealogy. Hopefully there will be something below that can help you!

Covering Indiana counties of: Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Lawrence, Orange, Perry, Scott and Washington; and Kentucky counties of Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson and Meade.

The Genealogists Handbook

Common (and not so common) Abbreviations

The following are some of the abbreviations I have picked up here and there:

b. = born	Jr. = Junior	biog.= biography	m. = married
bk. = book	mem.= member	bro. = brother	ms. = manuscript
c.,ca.,or cir.= around,about	mss.= manuscripts	d. = died	ob. = died
D.B.= Deed Book	O.B.= Order Books	dau.= daughter	p. = Page
descs. = descendants	pish.=parish	do. = ditto,the same	pp. = pages
d.s.p. = died without issue	s.= son	d. unm = died unmarried	sis.= sister
fam.= family	Sr.= Senior	Hist.Soc.= Historical Society	supra=above
ibid.= the same	unm.= unmarried	gr-father = grand-father	Vol.= volume
gr-gr-father= great-grandfather	W.B.= Willbook	inf = infancy

Some of these are very well known abbreviations! Most everyone knows them!
But there are some listed here that I had never heard of until I spoke with other genealogists!

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