Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank

fl – flourished: typically linked to specific documented sources/events, when aren't in themselves providing evidence of birth and death, but do show a year/s when person alive
d.s.p. – decessit sine prole: died without issue; cf
d.s.p.m. – died without male issue
d.s.p. legit – died without legitimate offspring
dvp: – died during father`s lifetime
s and h – son and heir
o.b.s.p.legil: – died without legitimate offspring
uxor – wife (Latin, found in older parish registers): wife (Latin, found in older parish registers)'
fils – son (Latin)
Relict – widow of …

pr – (will) proved (probate)
Admon – letters of administration applied for when a person dies intestate (without leaving a Will)

BTs – bishops’ transcripts

DNB – Dictionary of National Biography
CRO – County Record Office
GRO – General Register Office

RD – Registration District (Civil Registration)
RDC – Rural District Council (after 1894)
RSD – Rural Sanitary District (1872 before 1894)

PRO – Public Record Office

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