Genealogy - overview

Toys of about 1910

Most of our indexing projects use the same abbreviations. The documents we have indexed for the main part can be found at Northamptonshire Record Office and the reference will be clearly shown at the end of the transcript or index. In some cases we have taken photographs of documents or books and then used them to print out to enable a team to input and those taking part will be noted with the particular transcript. Census, church registers electoral rolls and directories are the main listings but a few more unusual lists have been indexed as and when we have found them. See also Land, Property & Taxation for more listings.

Abbreviations in Church Register Transcripts			Abbreviations in other transcripts
d	daughter		?	denotes the original is unclear or seems wrong
s	son		[ ]	uncertain
w	wife		...	illegible
wid	widow W in later marriage registers		---	information not given
widr	widower W in later marriage registers		y	years
bach	bachelor B in later marriage registers		m	months
sp	spinster S in later marriage registers		w	weeks
L or B	marriage by Licence or Banns (if given)		*	note by the transcriber to explain something
R	marriage by Registrar's certificate (non-conformist)		Year	this is upgraded for Jan 01 - Mar 25 before 1752
otp	of this parish		Months	are shortened to the first three letters
botp	both of this parish		Forenames	may have been expanded(if contracted)and modernised
bo	both of		SURNAMES	are spelt as in the original record
wco	with consent of		County	Chapman County Code is used
goody	goodman/goodwife - term of endearment - helpful person		Places	some place names may be shortened e.g. Little as Lt., Great as Gt., Wellingborough as W'boro
REF	C=christened N=born M=married D=died B=buried
^	addition (partial or full) from BTs
~	addition from Banns book		Names	Sometimes abbreviated