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Jeg har med hensikt ikke oversatt disse til norsk, noen er "uoversettbare".

abt about (ca)
ae age
b born
bap/bp baptized
c/ch child, children
cnbl cannot be learned
c.r. church record
cr. r. court record
d died/death
d/o daughter of
dau daughter
dea deacon (of a church)
desc descendant
div divorce
doc document
d.s.p. decessit sine prole (died without issue) (ikke spør meg hva dette betyr!!!!)
d.y. died younger al. = et alii (and others, among others)
fl flourished (was alive)
mfc/fmc free man/woman of color
g.r. gravestone record
g.s. gravestone
h husband
ibid in the same place (repeat reference)
i.e. in other words
inf infant
int intention (marriage)
liv living
m married, marriage, month
mul/m mullato (color of person)
N.B Nota Bene (note well/please note)
N.S New Style calendar
op.cit opera citato (in the work cited)
O.S Old Style calendar
q.v. wich see, reference
rem removed (moved)
res residence
s/o son of
sic copied exactly from original
unm unmarried
viz namely
w wife
wid widow
widr widower
yeo yeoman (farmer)
m/1 m/2 married first, married second etc.
wit witness
   
   
   

Kilde: The genealogists Q&A by Marcia Yannizze Melnyk