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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMNS
ОглавлениеSomeone in AGRA or the SoG will know how to work back from GRO records at TNA and PPR and maybe stuff in class WO 97 at TNA (the old PRO) back via the IGI to CMBs taken from PRs or BTs on mf at CROs. I have tried to keep acronymns and abbreviations to a minimum in this book, but here are the main ones I have used together with some additional acronymns you will encounter in the outside world.
| AGRA | Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives |
| BT | bishop’s transcript |
| CMB | baptisms, marriages and burials |
| CRO | county record office |
| FFHS | Federation of Family History Societies |
| FHS | Family History Society |
| FRC | Family Records Centre |
| GRO | General Register Office (records are searchable at the FRC) |
| HMC | Historic Manuscripts Commission (now TNA) |
| IGI | International Genealogical Index |
| IHGS | Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies |
| NAS | National Archives of Scotland |
| PCC/PCY | Prerogative Court of Canterbury/York |
| PPR | principal probate registry |
| PR | parish register |
| PRO | Public Records Office (now TNA) |
| PRONI | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
| SoG | Society of Genealogists |
| TNA | The National Archives (ex-PRO and HMC) |
