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Little Nell
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For the novices, to help you understand what we are all talking about, here are some useful abbreviations:
GRO General Register Office – order certificates online at http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0
GROS General Register Office for Scotland –
search & view certificates, Scottish wills (to 1901), census and OPR baptism & marriage entries online at: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
NAS National Archives of Scotland - home page: http://www.nas.gov.uk/
Online Public Access Catalogue http://www.rootschat.com/links/0z7/
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ and) Latter Day Saints (Mormon church)
TNA The National Archives (formerly PRO) online at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
PRO Public Record Office (old name for the National Archives)
PRONI Public Record Office of Northern Ireland – web site http://www.proni.gov.uk/
CRO County Record Office
LMA London Metropolitan Archives
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/lma/lma.htm
FFHS Federation of Family History Societies – web site http://www.ffhs.org.uk
IGI International Genealogical Index – available on microfiche at many record offices and libraries. Also available online at http://www.familysearch.org
BVRI2 British Isles Vital Record Index 2nd edition – available on CD from LDS church. complements the IGI
NBI2 National Burial Index 2nd edition – available from the Federation of Family Histoy Societies
Other abbreviations which may need some explaining:
BMD Births Marriages & Deaths
CMB Christenings Marriages & Burials - used for the "all in one registers" found most often pre 1754
otp of this parish
otsp of the same parish
BTs Bishops Transcripts
MI Memorial Inscription (or Marriage Index)
Admon Letters of Administration
MS Male Servant
FS Female Servant
J in conjunction with an occupation tends to mean Journeyman
RD Registration District
ED Enumeration District (census)
PCC Prerogative Court of Canterbury (probate of wills pre 1858)
PCY Prerogative Court of York (probate of wills pre 1858)
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XPhile2868
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UD - Urban District (these would be in urban areas).
There is also rural districts, which i assume is RD.
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Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Co Mayo, Ireland/Lancashire), Brown (Co Tipperary, Ireland/Lancashire), Wilson (Kendal) Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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v i c k y
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Hi there! I'm new to the site and this is my first post. The place looks fantastic and I can't wait to be a part of it. 
As on the subject of abbreviations, I wondered if anyone knows what "BS" means. "British Subject", perhaps? Sorry if it's a silly one. My g-g-g-grandfather moved to Bristol, I believe, from Germany. He shows up on the 1881 census as follows:
John WESTERMAN W 63 M (BS), Germany
Rel: Father
Occ: Labourer In Sugar Factory (Refiner)
Thanks and all the best,
Vicky
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Barrington, Westerman (originating from Hannover), Long (originating from Prussia), Lorymore, Flyng, Porter - all Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Grimes - Bridgwater, Somerset.
Lamb - Poplar, Essex, Hither Green, Kent.
Dwan, Turner, Cole, Carter, Walker - all St Olaves/Bermondsey/Rotherhithe/Southwark/Stepney.
Gawkrodger, Renard, Craven - all Baildon/Shipley, Yorkshire.
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Berlin-Bob
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Hi Vicky,
Welcome to RootsChat
Yes, BS does mean British Subject.
Is this him:
WESTERMAN John of Germany - Grosvenor Rd Bristol 1881 1881 census RG11 p2486 f85
I found him in the german sugar workers database at http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html
definitely worth a good read !!
Question is: was he a British Subject or a Naturalised British Subject ?
Plenty more about this, if you want to follow it up on the
Immigrants board: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,135.0.html
Good hunting,
Bob
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site. All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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v i c k y
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
Yes, that's him. I'm not sure if he was living with his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren at the time of the 1881 census or if he was just visiting, along with his son, a fellow worker from the sugar refinery and also one of the men listed at http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html (James). I don't know if he was a British Subject or a Naturalised British Subject, though. Will follow the link and read more.
Thanks again,
Vicky
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Barrington, Westerman (originating from Hannover), Long (originating from Prussia), Lorymore, Flyng, Porter - all Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Grimes - Bridgwater, Somerset.
Lamb - Poplar, Essex, Hither Green, Kent.
Dwan, Turner, Cole, Carter, Walker - all St Olaves/Bermondsey/Rotherhithe/Southwark/Stepney.
Gawkrodger, Renard, Craven - all Baildon/Shipley, Yorkshire.
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kelowna kid
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Im glad I found this page, I was going to put up a question but this page is so useful to goofs like me! So much stuff to learn. I wondered about BMD but heres the explanation! Thanks Nell.
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