What
Do Those Initials
Mean?
Submitted
by: HOST
GFS
Hope@aol.com
Initials
after your ancestor's names may
provide useful information that
you'd not expected. The following
list includes initials you may
come across when reading old
wills or other
documents.
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a.a.s.
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died
in the year of his/her
age (anno aetitis suae)
(86 y/o died in year
86)
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d.s.p.
|
died
without issue (decessit
sine
prole)
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d.s.p.l.
|
died
without legitimate issue
(decessit sine prole
legitima)
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d.s.p.m.s.
|
died
without surviving male
issue (decessit sine
prole mascula
supersita)
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d.s.p.s
|
died
without surviving issue
(decessit sine prole
supersita)
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d.unm
|
died
unmarried
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d.v.p.
|
died
in the lifetime of his
father (decessit vita
patris)
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d.v.m.
|
died
in the lifetime of his
mother (decessit vita
matris)
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Et
al
|
and
others (et
alia)
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Inst
|
present
month
(instans)
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Liber
|
book
or volume
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Nepos
|
grandson
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Nunc
|
Nuncapative
will, an oral will,
written by a
witness
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Ob
|
he/she
died
(obit)
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Relict
|
widow
or widower
(relicta/relictus)
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Sic
|
so
or thus, exact copy as
written
|
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Testes
|
witnesses
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Ult
|
late
(ultimo)
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Ux
|
wife
(uxor)
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Viz
|
namely
(videlicet)
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