Acronyms & Abbreviations
There are quite a few places where I have had to resort to using abbreviations or acronyms in these pages or it can all get a bit too wordy! So here is a list of them for you to remind yourself of what they stand for;
I've also tried to differentiate better between free and subscription sources on various paged with the following labels in dark red after the link;
- BMDs = Births, Marriages & Deaths
- CoI = Church of Ireland
- DCHG = Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- DH = Dublin Heritage
- FS = FamilySearch.org (LDS website)
- GROI = General Register Office of Ireland
- GRONI = General Register Office of Northern Ireland
- IFHF = Irish Family History Foundation
- IG = Irish Geneaography
- IGP = Irish Genealogical Projects
- IGRS = Irish Genealogical Research Society
- JAPMDI = Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland
- LDS = Latter Day Saints i.e. Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church
- OCR = Optical Character Recognition
- OSI = Ordnance Survey Ireland
- NAI = National Archives of Ireland
- NLI = National Library of Ireland
- PRONI = Public Records Office of Northern Ireland
- RC = Roman Catholic
- RCB = Representative Church Body (in Ireland) i.e. Church of Ireland administration
- RCBL = RCB Library located in Braemor Park, Dublin
- RIA = Royal Irish Academy
- TCD = Trinity College, Dublin
I've also tried to differentiate better between free and subscription sources on various paged with the following labels in dark red after the link;
- (Anc=£) = Ancestry worldwide subscription required to access Irish records
- (FMP=£) = Find My Past worldwide subscription required to access Irish records or dedicated subscription to www.findmypast.ie
