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From: "Paul E. Lawrence" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Latin abbreviations and "died without issue"
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:51:48 -0500
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While these abbreviations are fine for professional genealogists and if
that is you target audience then use them. However, if you are sharing you
work with family members and others they will have no idea what they mean
and I would avoid using them.


At 07:33 PM 6/30/2002 -0400, Philip Gunyon wrote:
>The other day a question came up about how to record the fact that a person
>died without issue.
>
>It triggered in my mind a list I had seen somewhere. I have just found it in
>Angus Baxter's "In Search of Your British & Irish Roots". While I don't
>intend personally to begin using them, others may find them useful and may
>find ingenious ways to use them. I hope I won't infringe Baxter's copyright
>or bore too many readers if I list them here.
>
>d.s.p = Decessit sine prole (Died without issue)
>d.s.p.l.= Decessit sine legitima (Died without legitimate issue)
>d.s.p.m. = Decessit mascula (Died without male issue)
>d.s.p.s. = Decessit sine superslita (Died without surviving issue)
>
>aetas age
>agricola farmer
>avator farmer
>arcularius carpenter
>avus grandfather
>avia grandmother
>caelebs unmarried
>defunctus dead
>maritus husband
>marita wife
>mortuus dead
>piscator fisherman
>relicta widow
>spurius bastard
>testes witness
>vidius Widower
>
>Phil Gunyon
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