Like many hobbies and areas of research; genealogy has its own abbreviations, words and phrases that mean nothing to the uninitiated. This part of the archive will provides a brief explanation of at least some of them.

There are three sections.

Abbreviations

Some common Latin words

Words and phrases defined - Includes some information on taxes, monetary system, parish registers and other stuff we thought might be of use.

The letters in brackets are sometimes included in abbreviations. We'll probably add to this list from time to time