Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts
Abbreviations and List of Hundreds and Poor Law Unions
Some of these are now 'redundant' having been expanded in the listings. Others will reveal themselves as a 'tooltip' when you hovver over the abbreviation on the web page - e.g. 'Inc' will, when hovered over, show the tooltip 'Incumbent'
| Abin | Abingdon (PLU) |
| AL | Abingdon Library |
| B | Burials |
| Bam | Bampton (H) |
| Ban | Banbury (H/PLU) |
| BanL | Banbury Library |
| Berks | Berkshire |
| BDRO | Birmingham RC Diocesan RO |
| BFHS | Berkshire Family History Society |
| Bic | Bicester (PLU) |
| BicL | Bicester Library |
| Bin | Binfield (H) |
| Blox | Bloxham (H) |
| Bod | Bodleian Library |
| Brad | Bradfield (PLU) |
| BRO | Berkshire Record Office |
| BT | Bishop's Transcripts |
| Bucks | Buckinghamshire |
| Bull | Bullingdon |
| C | Christenings/baptisms |
| CBS | Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies |
| Chad | Chadlington (H) |
| Chipp | Chipping Norton (PLU) |
| Coll | College |
| Comp | Compton (H) |
| D | Deaths |
| DL | Didcot Library |
| Dor | Dorchester (H) |
| Eureka | Eureka [Publishing] Partnership, 2 Little Close, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe HP10 9LQ – publications on sale via OFHS book sales |
| Ewe | Ewelme (H) |
| Far | Faringdon (H/PLU) |
| FH | Friends House (Society of Friends) |
| FHS | Family History Society |
| Gan | Ganfield (H) |
| Glos | Gloucestershire |
| H | Hundred |
| Head | Headington (PLU) |
| Hen | Henley (PLU) |
| Heritage | CD available at OxS (not available for purchase) |
| HL | Henley Library |
| Hor | Hormer (H) |
| IGI | International Genealogical Index |
| Inc | Incumbent |
| Kint | Kintbury - Eagle (H) |
| Lang | Langtree (H) |
| LDS | Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah) |
| Lewk | Lewknor (H) |
| Lib | Library |
| M | Marriages |
| Mf | Microfilm (copy) |
| MI | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Mor | Moreton (H) |
| MS | Manuscript (copy) |
| Mus | Museum |
| Northants | Northamptonshire |
| Ock | Ock (H) |
| OCL? | Oxfordshire County Library (Westgate, Oxford) the query is because the volumes are not on open shelves and their availability has not yet been confirmed |
| OFHS | Oxfordshire Family History Society |
| OHC | Oxfordshire History Centre (the County and Diocesan Record Office) |
| Oxon | Oxfordshire |
| p. | in the parish of |
| PDRO | Portsmouth RC Diocesan RO |
| Pirt | Pirton (or Pyrton) (H) |
| Plo | Ploughley (H) |
| PLU | Poor Law Union |
| PR | Parish Registers |
| Ptd | Printed (i.e. published) |
| R.C. | Roman Catholic |
| Reg(s) | Register(s) |
| RO | Record Office |
| RCL | Reading Central Library |
| SoG | Society of Genealogists (London) |
| Shr | Shrivenham (H) |
| SMR | Sites & Monuments Record (OxS) |
| Tha | Thame (H) |
| TNA | The National Archives (Kew) |
| TS | Modern transcript (mainly typewritten) |
| URC | United Reformed Church |
| Wall | Wallingford (PLU) |
| Wan | Wantage (H/PLU) |
| WanL | Wantage Library |
| Warw | Warwickshire |
| Wit | Witney (PLU) |
| WitL | Witney Library |
| Woo | Wootton (H) |
| Wood | Woodstock (PLU) |
| Worcs | Worcestershire |
| WSRO | Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office |
| Z | Births |
| # | OFHS transcript available for purchase on microfiche and/or CD for details refer to Members’ Handbook or OFHS web-site with ‘Parish Coverage Map’ |
