ISO 3166 is the commonly accepted International Standard this shows both the OLD two letter code ad the new ISO 3166 which is 3 letters.Ībbreviations: Country and Regional Locations - RootsWebĪt the end I will list the books also that were referenced - = copy it VERBATIM and changing no spellings and it you fell you just must change the information any changes you make should be placed within it indicate the changes made to the original entry.Ībbreviations for countries - RootsWeb, up-to-date country code standard. I was taught IF IN DOUBT - DO NOT abbreviate - or if you feel that the abbreviation may be taken out of context or misconstrued - in using/coping sourcing - do not change abbreviations to suite yourself.
The programs of PAF (by the LDS), ancestors (Evertons), Family tree, Legacy 7.5 are the standard's of Genealogical data entry - their abbreviations are the "accepted standard" so to speak.
As they seem to become accepted usage in genealogy. This will be a listing of the ACCEPTED - genealogical abbreviations and Acronyms - found from various sites - Rootsweb/, (which I think is now owned by ) - if you find another list - send me the link and i will check, verify, combine and add any additional items to the list.Īlso abbreviations used on census records - since they are generally and most generally used or copied over itnto a genealogy database.
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