Hi to the list, Just wanted to pass this on to you all too. Sorry if your on both list & get it twice.. Hope it helps in your searching...kim > As weird as these sound we may need to print them in the newsletter. If the > Soundex Cards use them we are going to see them plenty of times. Lois > > Abbreviations and Terms Used in Soundex Cards > A Aunt > Ad Adopted > AdCl Adopted child > AdD Adopted daughter > AdGcl Adopted grandchild > AdM Adopted mother > AdS Adopted son > Al Aunt-in-law > Ap Apprentice > Asst Assistant > At Attendant > B Brother > Bar Bartender > BBoy Bound boy > BGirl Bound girl > Bl Brother-in-law > Bo Boarder > Boy Boy > Bu Butler > C Cousin > Cap Captain > Cha Chamber Maid > Cil Cousin-in-law > Cl Child > Coa Coachman > Com Companion > Cook Cook > D Daughter > Dl Daughter-in-law > Dla Day laborer > Dom Domestic > Dw Dishwasher > Emp Employee > En Engineer > F Father > FaH Farm hand > FaL Farm laborer > FaW Farm worker > FB Foster brother > FF Foster father > Fi Fireman > First C First cousin > FL Father-in-law > FM Foster mother > FoB Foster brother > FoS Foster son > FoSi Foster sister > GA Great aunt > Gcl Grandchild > GD Granddaughter > GF Grandfather > GGF Great-grandfather > GGGF Great-great-grandfather > GGGM Great-great-grandmother > GGM Great-grandmother > GM Grandmother > Gml Grandmother-in-law > GN Grand or great nephew > GNi Grand or great niece > Go Governess > God Cl God child > GS Grandson > Gsl Grand son-in-law > GU Great uncle > Gua Guardian > Guest Guest > Hb Half brother > Hbl Half brother-in-law > He Herder > Help Help > H.Gi Hired girl > Hh Hired hand > Hk Housekeeper > Hlg Hireling > Hm Hired man > HMaid Housemaid > HSi Half sister > HSil Half sister-in-law > Husband Husband > Hw Houseworker > I Inmate > L Lodger > La Laborer > Lau Launderer > M Mother > Maid Maid > Man Manager > Mat Matron > ML Mother-in-law > N Nephew > Ni Niece > Nil Niece-in-law > Nl Nephew-in-law > Nu Nurse > O Officer > P Patient > Pa Partner > Ph Physician > Por Porter > Pr Prisoner > Pri Principal > Prv Private > Pu Pupil > R Roomer > S Son > Sa Sailor > Sal Saleslady > Sb Stepbrother > Sbl Step brother-in-law > Scl Step child > Sd Stepdaugther > Sdl Step daughter-in-law > Se Servant > Se.Cl Servant's child > Sf Stepfather > Sfl Step father-in-law > Sgd Step granddaughter > Sgs Step grandson > Si Sister > Sl Son-in-law > Sm Stepmother > Sml Step mother-in-law > Ss Stepson > Ssi Stepsister > Ssil Step sister-in-law > Ssl Step son-in-law > Su Superintendant > Ten Tenant > U Uncle > Ul Uncle-in-law > Vi Visitor > W Wife > Wa Warden > Wai Waitress > Ward Ward > Wkm Workman > Wt Waiter > > > National Archives Trust Fund Board > National Archives and Records Administration > Washington, DC > 1997 > > With these abbreviations and what they stand for, why am I not > surprised that they came out of DC? > >