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Dates when states passed laws requiring Birth & Death registrations State Death Birth ________________________________________________________ Alabama 1908 1908 Alaska 1913 1913 Arizona 1909 1909 Arkansas 1914 1914 California 1905 1905 Colorado 1907 1907 Connecticut 1897 1897 Delaware 1881 1881 D.C. 1855 1871 Florida 1915 1915 Georgia 1919 1919 Hawaii 1896 1896 Idaho 1911 1911 Illinois 1916 1916 Indiana 1882 1882 Iowa 1880 1880 Kansas 1911 1911 Kentucky 1911 1911 Louisiana 1914 1914 Maine 1892 1892 Maryland 1898 1898 Massachusetts 1841 1841 Michigan 1867 1867 Minnesota 1900 1900 Mississippi 1912 1912 Missouri 1910 1910 Montana 1907 1907 Nebraska 1905 1905 Nevada 1911 1911 New Hampshire 1905 1905 New Jersey 1848 1848 New Mexico 1919 1919 New York 1880 1880 North Carolina 1913 1913 North Dakota 1908 1908 Ohio 1909 1909 Oklahoma 1908 1908 Oregon 1903 1903 Pennsylvania 1906 1906 Puerto Rico 1931 1931 Rhode Island 1852 1852 South Carolina 1915 1915 South Dakota 1905 1905 Tennessee 1914 1914 Texas 1903 1903 Utah 1905 1905 Vermont 1857 1857 Virginia 1912 1912 Washington 1907 1907 West Virginia 1917 1917 Wisconsin 1907 1907 Wyoming 1909 1909 ============================================================================== Abbreviations used in genealogy a. = acre or acres A.G. = Accredited Genealogist A.k.a. = also known as Abt. = About Acct. = account Admr. = Administrator, administratrix Ads. = Adversus; the opposite of versus Ae, aet = aged Aft. = After Ante = before, prior to APG = Association of Professional Genealogists ASG = American Society of Genealogists Assn. = Association Atty. = Attorney b. = born b.p., b.pl.= birthplace B.L.Wt. = Bounty Land Warrant B.L.M. = Bureau of Land Management BCG = Board for Certification of Genealogists Bef. = before Betw. = Between Bk. = Book Bp. = Baptized Bro. = Brother Bur. = Buries or buried Ca. = Circa (about) CAILS = Certified American Indian Lineage Specialist Cem. = Cemetery Cert. = Certificate, certified CG = Certified Genealogist CGRS = Certified Genealogical Records Specialist Ch., ch. = Church; children Chr. = Christened Co. = county, Company d. = died D.B. = deed book d.s.p. = died without issue (decessit sine prole) d.y. = Died young DAR = Daughters of the American Revolution Dau., dg = Daughter D/o = daughter of Decd. = Deceased Deft. = Defendant Dept. = department Desc. = Descendant Disch., dischd. = Discharge; discharged Dist. = District d. = divorce ;division d-m-y = day, month, year do = ditto, the same dob = date of birth dod = date of death doc. = Document est. = estate; estimate exec. = Executor, executrix f., fem.= Female f/o = father of fa. = Father FASG = Fellow, American Society of Genealogist ff. = and following pages FGS = Federation of Genealogical Societies FHL = Family History Library Fn. = Footnote FNGS = Fellow, National Genealogical Society FUGA = Fellow, Utah Genealogical association g.s. = Gravestone GAR = Grand Army of the Republic (Civil War) Gdn. = Guardian GJ = Genealogical Journal Grdau./grdg = Granddaughter Grdsn. = Grandson h., hus. = Husband h/o = husband of IGI = International Genealogical Index (LDS records) Ind. Ter. = Indian Territory Inf. = Infant; Infantry Int. = interstate ;interest Inv. = Inventory; invalid J.P. = Justice of the Peace LC = Library of Congress LDS = Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lic. = License m. = male, married, month, mother md = married M.G. = Minister of the Gospel M/O = Mother of Mat. = Maternal Ms., mss. = Manuscript; manuscripts n.d. = no date n.f.r. = No further record found n.p. = No place n.publ.= No publisher N.S. = New Style date NARA = National Archives and Records Administration NEHGR = New England Historical and Genealogical Register NEHGS = New England Historic Genealogical Society NGS = National Genealogical Society NGSQ = National Genealogical Society Quarterly Nr. = Near NSDAR = National Society Daughters of the American Revolution NYGB = New York Genealogical and Biographical Society NYGBR = New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record O.S. = Old style date Obit. = Obituary P.A., P.O.A. = power of attorney Pat. = Paternal; patent Plt., pltf. = Plaintiff Poss. = Possible, possibly PR = probate record Prob. = Probable/probably; probate Pub. = Published R. = Range (land description) R.G. = Record Group Rec. = record Rem. = Removed Res. = Resides, residence, resident S. = son S/o = son of Sec. = Section Sic. = Thus Soc. = Society T./twp = Township TAG = The American Genealogist TR = town record UGA = Utah Genealogical Association Unm. = Unmarried Unpub. = Unpublished V.R. = vital records V.S. = Vital Statistics Vs. = versus (against) w.. wf = wife warrt. = Warrant w/o = wife of; without wid. = Widow; widower yr. = year ================================================================================ Naming Traditions Our ancestors often used the following naming procedure when picking out a name for a new child. This explains why certain names are VERY common in a given family line. Watching for these patterns can help in your genealogy research. 1st son = father's father 2nd son = mother's father 3rd son = father 4th son = father's oldest brother 5th son = father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother 1st dau = mother's mother 2nd dau = father's mother 3rd dau = mother 4th dau = mother's oldest sister 5th dau = mother's 2nd oldest sister or father's oldest sister |
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