Abbreviations and acronyms are everywhere and depending on the context, they can mean different things to different people. When I entered the working world, every time I started a new career there was a whole new list of abbreviations to learn. Genealogy is no different.
Abbreviations and Acronyms: Guide for Family Historians by Kip Sperry has provided me with a starting point with some of these. Now, if everyone could be consistent and abbreviations could only be used once, that would be wonderful. Not going to happen, and with that, I still have to look at the context to determine what the abbreviation is referring to. So instead of thinking all genealogists were using a Global Positioning System (GPS) they were actually following the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS).
And yes, Kentucky can be seen as KEN or KY in different records.
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