AAGRA - Australasian Assoc of Genealogists & Record Agents
Admons - Letters of Administration (mainly for those who don't
leave wills)
ABGR - Australian Biographical Genealogical Register (published
books)
AFFHO - Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations
AFTC - Australian Family Tree Connection (magazine)
Ag lab - Agricultural Labourer
AGCI - Australian Genealogical Computer Index (for various Australian
genealogical societies)
AGRA - Assoc of Genealogists & Record Agents (England)
AIGS - Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies (in Melbourne)
AJCP - Australian Joint Copying Project
AWM - Australian War Memorial
b - born
bap or chr - baptised / christened
BDM / BMD - Births, Marriages and Deaths (civil certificates)
BigR - British Isles Genealogical Register
BK - Brother's Keeper (genealogy program)
BL - British Library
BTs - Bishops' Transcripts (of parish registers)
c or circa - approximately
CRO - County Record Office (in UK)
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Cyndislist - an online website with thousands of genealogy links
d - died
dob - Date of Birth
DPS - Dead Persons Society - Genealogists who use computers
FFHC - Federation of Family History Societies (England)
FHC - Family History Centre (of LDS church)
FHL - Family History Library (of LDS church)
FHS - Family History Society
FRC - Family Records Centre (GRO) in London
FreeBMD - births, deaths and marriages index for England & Wales,
freely available on the internet
FTM - Family Tree Magazine (magazine - UK & US each have their
own) also stands for Family Tree Maker - a genealogy program
Gedcom - GEnealogical Data COMmunications (a file format for transferring
family history data)
GENUKI - a Genealogy website with links for UK & Ireland information
GOONS - Guild of One Name Studies
GRD - Genealogical Research Directory (book)
GRO - General Register Office (responsible for BDMs for England
& Wales)
IGI - International Genealogical Index (developed by Mormons, mainly
baptisms and marriages)
IHGS - Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies
IRC - International Reply Coupon - from post office, redeemable
for postage stamps in any country
ISBN - International Standard Book Number JCP - Joint Copying Project
- a project copying Parish Registers by SAG & State Library of NSW
LDS - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) (have
a religious obligation to research their ancestors)
LMA - London Metropolitan Archives
m - married
MI - Monumental Inscription (on tombstones)
NAA - National Archives of Australia
NRH - New Register House (in Edinburgh, centre for Scottish BDM
certificates & census)
ONS - Office of National Statistics
OPR - Old Parish Registers (Scottish, before civil registration)
PAF - Personal Ancestral File - Genealogy Software put out by LDS
church
PR - Parish Registers (church records)
PRO - Public Record Office
SAE - Self Addressed Envelope (SSAE means Stamped …)
SAG - Society of Australian Genealogists
SoG - Society of Genealogists (London)
State Records - NSW state archives
St Caths - St Catherine's House - formerly Civil Registration centre
in England & Wales, now known as GRO
TMG - The Master Genealogist - Genealogy Program
TNA - The National Archives (Kew, London)