So that's what "spm" also means? Dying without male heirs? Joan in NC On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:34 PM, W. David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com>wrote: > spms refers not to places, but to the Latin terms describing the dying > without male heirs > > much like when we used d.y. to mean died young. > > clear as mud? > > W. David Samuelsen > > DC & Alice Allen wrote: > > I seem to remember, way back when I was a newbie genealogist, that we > abbreviated county names if they were long. Usually 4 letters, often > leaving out the vowels. This may be an abbreviation of England's equivelant > of a county. > > > > Looking at my mother-in-law's Book of Remembrance, she has some family > group sheets copyrighted 1972, with a separate column for county that is > very, very small. There are also group sheets copyrighted 1941 which has > one column for city and county, and a separate column for state or country. > > > > Alice Allen > > Oakhurst Ward Family History Consultant > > Vancouver WA Stake > > Portland OR Temple District > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > > On 4/14/2009 at 5:33 AM slandersen51@att.net wrote: > > > >> A web search shows this info at this site > >> > >> http://www.webpak.net/~cdm2/kimball/pafg75.htm Perhaps you can get in > >> touch with this person and see if they know what or where "Spsm" is. I > >> wonder if it might be a battle field. > >> > >> Susan Andersen, Lancaster, Ohio > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

yes, *s.p.m.* - [Latin] *sine prole mascula*; without male offspring and there's more than one abbreviation used in this manner. dspm = decessit sine prole mascula - no male issue dspms = decessit sine prole mascula superstite - no living male issue dsps = decessit sine prole superstite - no living issue male and female dspl = decessit sine prole legitima - no living legitimate children, but has illegimate children dsp = decessit sine prole - no offspring dspv - decessit sine prole virili - no male children, has living daughters who inherit. David Samuelsen Joan Raney wrote: > So that's what "spm" also means? Dying without male heirs? Joan in NC

Do you think anyone has put all of this good information on the wiki? https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page Shanna Jones -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of W. David Samuelsen Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:49 AM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] ReDo: Help with abbreviations yes, *s.p.m.* - [Latin] *sine prole mascula*; without male offspring and there's more than one abbreviation used in this manner. dspm = decessit sine prole mascula - no male issue dspms = decessit sine prole mascula superstite - no living male issue dsps = decessit sine prole superstite - no living issue male and female dspl = decessit sine prole legitima - no living legitimate children, but has illegimate children dsp = decessit sine prole - no offspring dspv - decessit sine prole virili - no male children, has living daughters who inherit. David Samuelsen Joan Raney wrote: > So that's what "spm" also means? Dying without male heirs? Joan in NC Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message