Quaker Record Abbreviations and Their Meanings



b...born
bCLH...buried Central Laurel Hill
bf...buried Fallsington
bFH...buried Fair Hill
bMR...buried Marshall Road
bNLH...buried North Laurel HIll
bs...buried Salem
bSLH...buried South Laurel Hill
bSWG...buried South Western Ground
bur...buried
bWC...buried Woodland Cemetery
bWG...buried Western Ground
bWLH...buried Western Laurel Hill
cert...certificate
ch...child, children
com...complained, complained of
con...condemned
d...died
dec...deceased
dis...disowned, disowned for
dt...daughter, daughters
fam...family
form...formerly
gc...granted certificate
gct...granted certificate to
h...husband
jas...joined another society
jH...joining Hicksites
jO...joining Orthodox
ltm...liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry
m...marry, married, marrying, marriage
mbr...member
mbrp...membership
mcd...married contrary to discipline
MH...meeting house
MM...monthly meeting
mou...married out of unity
mtg...meeting
NDMM...Philadelphia MM for the Northern District
nmtm...not member of this meeting
prc...produced a certificate
prcf...produced a certificate from
QM...quarterly meeting
rec...receive, received
recrq...received by request
relrq...released by request
rem...remove, removed
rm...reported married
rmt...reported married to
roc...received on certificate
rocf...received on certificate from
rpd...reported
rq...request
rqc...requested certificate
rqct...requested certificate to
rst...reinstate, reinstated
s...son, sons
SDMM...Philadelphia MM for the Southern District
w...wife
wd...widow
WDMM...Philadelphia MM for the Western District


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