| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| AGRA |
Association of Genealogists & Researchers in Archives |
| BMD |
Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates |
| CE |
Church of England |
| CRO |
County Record Office |
| FFHS |
Federation of Family History Societies |
| FHS |
Family History Society. A county based organisation set up to promote the research of Family History and Genealogy. |
| FHS’s |
Family History Societies, see FHS above. |
| GEDCOM |
Genealogical Data Communication. A standard file format for transfer of genealogical data from one computer package to another. |
| GENfair |
GENealogical Fair |
| GENUKI |
Genealogy for UK and Ireland. Found at http://www.genuki.org.uk |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format. Computer file format. |
| GRO |
A visit to the General Register Office website will allow you to search BMD indexes, together with information on adoptions and civil partnerships. |
| HFH |
Hampshire Family Historian – the name of the quarterly journal published by the HGS. |
| HGS |
Hampshire Genealogical Society |
| IGI |
International Genealogical Index |
| JPEG, JPG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group. A computer file format well suited to storing scanned images of photographs. |
| Kew |
Public Record Office located at Kew, London, England |
| LDS |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Also known as “The Mormon’s”. Their web-site is located at https://www.familysearch.org/en/ |
| MI |
Monumental Inscriptions, Members Interests. |
| ONS |
Office for National Statistics. See FRC above. |
| OS |
Ordnance Survey |
| PAF |
Personal Ancestral File. An excellent computer package produced by the LDS available as a free download from:http://www.familysearch.org. Now at version 5. |
| PRO (now TNA) |
Public Record Office (Now ‘The National Archives’) |
| RC |
Roman Catholic |
| RO |
Record Office |
| SA |
Seventh Day Adventist |
| SAE |
Self Addressed Envelope |
| SSAE |
A Stamped Self-addressed Envelope (With enough postage stamps to cover the anticipated return of a query to your country, bearing in mind that heavier packages can cost a lot more than you may first imagine. Please check with your local postal office for further details.) |
| SOG |
Society of Genealogists |
| TNA |
All census returns and wills can be found through The National Archives website. |
| WEA |
Workers Educational Association |
