Abbreviations
Abbreviations are never introduced into the census transcriptions for
given or surnames. However, they are a convenient way of keeping the
width of the transcription concise, so are used for several fields.
Following are the abbreviation conventions used in this project.
Relationship to Household Head
- Immediate Family Members (1 letter)
- H - head
- W - wife
- S - son
- D - daughter
- O - Orphan
- Extended family Members (2 letters)
- Au - aunt
- Mo - mother
- Fa - father
- Br - brother
- Si - sister
- Ne - Nephew
- Ni - Niece
- Un - Uncle
- Other family members/details
- Cou - Cousin
- Adpt - adopted
- Gr - Grand
- Ilg - Illegitimate
- -iL - in law
- Step - Step
- Other Household Members:
- Boa - Boarder
- Lod - lodger
- Vis - Visitor
- Gent - Gentleman
- Staff:
- Asst - Assistant
- Attnd - Attendant
- Blks - blacksmith
- Carp - Carpenter
- Clk - Clerk
- Const - Constable
- Cowb - Cowboy
- Dom - Domestic
- Empl - Employee
- Farm - Farmer
- Fore - Foreman
- Hkpr - Housekeeper
- Hir - hired hand/man/girl/woman
- Lab - Labourer
- Mgr - Manager
- Oper - Operator
- Part - Partner
- Ran - Ranch Hand/ Rancher
- RanH - Ranch Head
- Sec - section man
- Serv - servant
- Shep - Shepherd
- Tea - teacher
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Race
Sex
Marital Status
- M - Married
- S - Single
- W - Widowed
- D - Divorced
Country and State Codes
- These are the ones used by postal systems around the world
- Three-character codes are used for for countries such as CAN
for Canada, RUS for Russia, DEU
for Germany
- Two-character codes are generally used for sub-national georaphies
such as MN for Minnesota, CA for California,
etc.
- A complete list can be found on the Rootsweb
website.
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© 2005 Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
Last Updated 15 Jul 2005
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