Words etc | Abbreviation | Notes | Source/Comment |
Dates |
dd Mon yyyy |
06 Nov 1896. Ordinals not used |
A notation like 01/02/03 could mean 1 February 2003 or 2 January 2003 or 2 March 2001; consideration could be given to ISO 8601 format: yyyy-mm-dd (all digit format for sorting purposes but display as expected in AUS) |
Although not an issue in AUS, we need to recognise the need to accommodate dates in UK between 1582–1752 when Julian Calendar in vogue – format as dd Mon yyyy/y – thus 21 Feb 1592/3 means under the Julian system the official date was 21 Feb 1592 whereas under the Gregorian it was 21 Feb 1593. |
Places |
Immediate locality always recorded in full thus, Glenelg not Glg etc |
The place noted should be its name at the time of the event. |
Countries |
|
Always uppercase - thus AUS |
Three letter codes are preferred over 2 letter codes. Use the 2 letter codes for divisions within countries as a preference over 3 letter codes. |
States
Counties
Provinces |
Australia |
Post Office codes |
Country code not required; always uppercase. |
United Kingdom |
Chapman codes |
Country code not required; always uppercase. |
World |
ISO 316-2 |
Where not unique the 3-letter country code should be prefixed to the state/county/province as in:
USA-IL |
Common genealogical event terms |
birth |
b. |
Always lowercase followed by a period and then date + place + State/County/Province
b. 11 Jul 1892 Adelaide SA
Subsequent marriages m2. etc |
baptism |
c. |
marriage |
m. / = |
divorce |
div. |
death |
d. |
killed |
k. |
burial / buried |
bu. |
cremation |
crm. |
Land terms |
county |
Co |
Start with the smallest measure and work up, thus:
Lt 24 Sct 2091 Hd Adelaide
Little need to use counties in AUS |
hundred |
Hd |
section |
Sct |
lot |
Lt |
Location |
avenue |
ave |
|
street |
st |
road |
rd |
boulevard |
bd |
place |
pl |
square |
sq |
Military terms |
|
Time |
about |
|
Avoid use of periods – no spaces between digit and abbreviation:
10:00am; ca1867; C7th; exception: post 1956 |
afternoon |
pm |
after |
post / aft |
before |
pre- / bef |
century |
C |
month |
mnth |
morning |
am |
year |
yr |
Awards |
Military |
official formats |
These are outlined at the website, All Down Under |
Civil |
Academic |
Relationships |
brother of |
bro/o |
|
child of |
ch/o |
children of |
chn/o |
father of |
f/o |
grand / great |
|
As in ggparent for great grandparent |
husband of |
h/o |
|
junior / senior |
jnr / snr |
sister of |
sis/o |
mother of |
m/o |
-in-law |
-i-l |
As in sis-i-l for sister in law |
step |
st- |
As in st-bro for step brother |
widow / widower |
|
|
wife of |
w/o |
witness |
wit |
Measures |
metric |
SI system
ISO 31 |
See Writing SI units and symbols
In Australia Imperial measures discontinued:
Currency: 14 Feb 1966.
Weights and measures: 12 June 1970, the Australian the Metric Conversion Act introduced a conversion timeline.
1988 – Metrication completed, with the metric system becoming the only system of legal measurements in Australia. |
imperial |
|
Use the measure appropriate to the time frame.
See Imperial units |
Miscellaneous |
also known as |
aka |
Only more common forms listed. Use the Macquarie Dictionary This dictionary also lists military rank abbreviations that differ from those proposed by the military. However, treatment of abbreviations by this publication superior to most other websites. Good abbreviations tend to be and should be intuitive.
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and others |
et al |
arrived |
arr |
as written |
sic |
Bishops Transcript/s |
BT |
cemetery |
cem |
certificate/s |
cert |
General Registry Office |
GRO |
government |
govt |
knight |
kt |
Land Titles Office |
LTO |
obituary |
obit |
ordained |
ord |
origin[ally] |
orig |
page / pages |
p / pp |
power of attorney |
poa / p of a |
published / publisher / publication |
pub |
retired |
ret |
see above |
qv |
unknown / unconfirmed |
? |
b. ? means birth details unknown whereas b. 25 May 1960 [?] indicates details not confirmed. |