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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Abbreviations in Dutch Genealogy Records Defined

Virginia asked a very good question about genealogy abbreviations.

Reading your lineage of the Post family and the Pane-Joyce Genealogy for the same family I find the abbreviations "ym" and "yd" that do not seem to mean "year married" or "year died". What do these mean? I am new to finding my family's history and haven't found where these abbreviations are defined. Thank you for taking the time to help this "newbie".

Virginia - Excellent question. I neglected to give a link to where these Dutch church abbreviations are explained.

Please see Translations of Words in Dutch Church Records for y.m, y.d and other commonly used abbreviations
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  1. Henk van KampenMarch 18, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    But ym and yd are not in this list - jm and jd are.

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  2. Dana LeedsDecember 9, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    Hi. I had the same question! And, I still am not sure... are the "YM" & "YD" the same as "JM" & "JD"? That would make sense....

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