In a message dated 28/02/2004 02:50:05 GMT Standard Time, helenh48@westnet.com.au writes: > the 1891c Is this a new abbreviation for "The 1891 census enumerators' notebooks"? If so, I wish you had told us - and whether it comes with any authority (the British Standards Association, the National Archives, the Oxford English Dictionary, etc) or whether you have just made it up yourself on the spur of the moment. The less guesswork we introduce into our research the better for all. Also the more accurate and less likely to mislead our research will be. All our writings are all about communication anyway, aren't they? We probably all have our own little "private abbreviations", whch is they way in which we think of these things. I know I have many - but they remain private and I would never think of inflicting any of them on anyone else, much less of doing so with the assumption they will know what I mean. In case anyone accuses me of "flaming" - no this is not meant as such. Rather is it meant with the greatest of respect, and to be helpful. Geoff Nicholson 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert. Record searching service: you name the records, I search them!