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From: Hal Bradley <>
Subject: Re: Common Abbreviations
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 05:52:12 -0700
References: <20020428233935.004DBAD78@smtp-test.cshore.com>, <003501c1ef0f$f787bae0$1365b241@D9080911> <3CCCE3FB.5020701@interfold.com>


Here is what has been suggested so far in one list. Plantagenet Ancestry
is added to the previous suggestions.

AAP = Ancestors of American Presidents (Roberts)
AR7 = Ancestral Roots, 7th Edition
BLG = Burke's Landed Gentry
BP = Burke's Peerage
BXB = Burke's Dormant and Extinct Baronetcies
BXP = Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages
CCR = Calendar of the Close Rolls
CFR = Calendar of the Fine Rolls
CIM = Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous
CIPM = Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem
CLR = Calendar of Liberate Rolls
CPR = Calendar of the Patent Rolls
CRR = Curia Regis Rolls
CP = The Complete Peerage
DD = Domesday Descendants
DP = Domesday People
EYC = Early Yorkshire Charters
F of F = Feet of Fines
HOP = History of Parliament
MCS = Magna Charta Sureties
PA = Plantagenet Ancestry
RD500 = The Royal Descent of 500 Immigrants (Roberts)
RFC = Royalty for Commoners
Sanders= English Baronies: a study of their origin and descent 1086-1327
by I.J. Sanders
SP = The Scot's Peerage
VCH = Victoria County Histories



Hal Bradley

Todd A. Farmerie wrote:

> Sutliff wrote:
>
>> As there was another request today asking what HOP meant, I thought I
>> would post the link at Rootsweb, but for some reason it is coming up as
>> not found.
>
>
>
> That's because I never got anyone to throw one together. This is a
> good start.
>
>>
>> As with any interest there are abbreviations to commonly used sources
>> mentioned in this forum. Some which come to mind:
>>
>> CP = The Complete Peerage
>> SP = The Scot's Peerage
>> EYC = Early Yorkshire Charters
>> BP = Burke's Peerage
>> BLG = Burke's Landed Gentry
>> HOP = History of Parliament
>> MCS = Magna Charta Sureties
>> DP = Domesday People
>> BXP = Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages
>> RD500 = The Royal Descent of 500 Immigrants (Roberts)
>> AR7 = Ancestral Roots, 7th Edition
>> CIPM = Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem
>> AAP = Ancestors of American Presidents (Roberts)
>> RFC = Royalty for Commoners
>> VCH = Victoria County Histories
>>
>> This list can be considerably enhanced.
>
>
>
> OK, let's enhance it. (I do think we should limit the list to sources
> frequently cited, though, rather than anally assigning abbreviations
> to the most obscure sources.)
>
> DD=Domesday Descendants
>
>
> Also common periodicals - NEHGR, TAG, TG, etc.
>
> If we hash this right now, all under this thread, I can probably get
> someone to put the page together, so how about everyone chip in here.
>
> taf
>
>


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