Census Abbreviations
- A = Aunt
- AdD = Adopted Daughter
- AdS = Adopted Son
- At = Attendant
- B = Brother
- BL = Brother-in-law
- Bo = Boarder (paid for meals and/or extra services with room)
- C = Cousin
- D = Daughter
- DL = Daughter-in-Law
- F = Father
- FB = Foster Brother
- FF = Foster Father
- FL = Father-in-Law
- FM = Foster Mother
- FSi = Foster Sister
- GA = Great Aunt
- GD = Granddaughter
- GF = Grandfather
- GGF = Great-grandfather
- GGM = Great-grandmother
- GGGF = Great-great-grandfather
- GGGM = Great-great- grandmother
- GM = Grandmother
- GNi = Grandniece
- GS = Grandson
- GU = Great-uncle
- Hh = Hired Hand
- I = Inmate
- L or Lo = Lodger (can be Boarder or Roomer . . . typically a Roomer)
- M = Mother
- ML = Mother-in-Law
- N = Nephew
- Ni = Niece
- Nu = Nurse
- O = Officer
- P = Patient
- Pa = Partner (share common abode)
- Pr = Prisoner
- Pri = Principal
- Pu = Pupil
- R or Ro = Roomer (rents room only w/o any meals or services)
- S = Son
- SB = Stepbrother
- SBL = Stepbrother-in-Law
- SD - Stepdaughter
- Se = Servant
- SF = Stepfather
- SFL = Stepfather-in-Law
- Si = Sister
- SiL = Sister-in-Law
- SL = Son-in-Law
- SM = Stepmother
- SML = Stepmother-in-Law
- SS = Stepson
- SSi = Stepsister
- SSiL = Stepsister-in-Law
- SSL = Stepson-in-Law
- Su = Superintendent
- U = Uncle
- W = Wife
- Wa = Warden
Citizenship Status
- A = Alien
- NA = Naturalized
- PA = First papers filed
- NR = Not Recorded
This page updated on January 17, 2009
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