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- indicates/is a link to another page on this site
- ~
- in dates is a substitute for abt ("about")
- abt
- about (used in dates) indicates that the information is based on assumptions and is therefore not accurate. See "est" below.
- aft or >
- after (used in dates)
- AC
- Companion of the Order of Australia
- AIF
- Australian Imperial Force
- AM
- Member of the Order of Australia
- AO
- Officer of the Order of Australia
- ARA
- Australian Regular Army - full-time soldiers
- ARes
- Australian Army Reserve - reserve (part-time) soldiers
- b
- birth (date)
- bef or <
- before (used in dates)
- Cn
- Century Eg, C3 = 3rd century
- ca or c
- about (= Latin circa) - see "abt"
- CB
- Companion of the Order of the Bath
- CE and BCE
- Common Era and Before the Common Era, preferred alternatives for general (international and multicultural) use to the specifically Christian AD (Anno Domini "the year of the/our Lord") and BC (Before Christ)
- CMF
- Citizens Military Force (Australia) [now the Australian Army Reserve]
- Co
- County (in place names)
- d
- death or died (date)
- DSO
- Distinguished Service Order
- est YYYY
- estimated year. Such estimates are based on other data to give a result with reasonable accuracy. Eg, birth year calculated from (date of death) minus (stated age at death), or (census date) minus (stated age on census return). [Note that "stated ages" are often rounded up or down.]
- nG
- n is a number. G means "great" as in relationships. 5G = "great" repeated five times. "5G grandmother" is "great great great great great grandmother" .i.e. the humber of Gs is in addition to the use of "grand...". [Now try that on Rollo (~846-~910) who is May Royes' 28G grandfather!!]
- GEDCOM
- is a type of file used to transfer genealogical data between computers and software programs. For more info select from the menu bar above Reference > Genealogy stuff > "GEDCOMs".
- HFT
- The Hougham/Huffam Family Tree
- IGI
- International Genealogical Index (maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
- KCB
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
- KGR
- George Roy (1942-2005) - Roy and Royes researcher
- m
- date of marriage
- MC
- Military Cross
- MHP
- Marian Hurley Pratt (1879-1961) - early Hougham researcher
- MM
- Military Medal
- MP
- Member of Parliament
- ms
- manuscript
- née
- (n e-with-an-acute e) the usual term for a woman's maiden or unmarried or birth name. (Means "born" in French)
- OBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- OJ
- Order of Jamaica
- RAN
- Royal Australian Navy
- RE
- Royal Engineers
- RN
- Royal Navy
- R~RFL or RRFL
- Roy~Royes Family Links
- RY
- Robin Young - Hougham and branches researcher
- TNG
- The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding©, written by Darrin Lythgoe - the software used throughout this site.
- VC
- Victoria Cross - highest award in the British Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy