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CODING SYSTEM

I use a code for each of my direct line in my tree. I also use the same system for files and in my family tree software.  I use the first three letters of the surname for the most distant relative on each line followed by a letter. The most distant is A and each child on each generation is A, B, C etc depending on birth order.  For example, my most distant Rowlands ancestor is John Rowlands, so the codes are:

• ROW-A John Rowlands

• ROW-AE Henry Rowlands - 5th son of John

• ROW-AEA John Rowlands - first child of Henry

• ROW-AEAE David John Rowlands - 5th child of John

• ROW-AEAEB Dad - second child

• ROW-AEAEB-C This is me. I am the third child. After 5 letters I put a dash to make it easier to read the code.

Surnames in brackets indicate a married surname where the surname of the wife is unknown.

So why JOr/JOt and THs/Thm?

I have to do this as I have two JOHN lines, both my great-great-great grandmothers were called Ann JOHN. One married John Rowlands (JOr) and one married Thomas THOMAS (JOt). Same for Thomas, THs are family of Sina Thomas and THm for Mary Thomas. You will see this on other surnames where they are duplicated by from different lines. See all the family codes with explanations under the Family Codes page

Why A1, A2?

When I implemented the coding system I started at my most distant relative. Since then there are instances where I have more generations so rather than renumber everything (a mammoth task!) I have added numbers. With the Rowlands family I found another generation earlier than ROW-A so the previous generation became ROW-A1 to indicate that this person precedes John Rowlands. Two generations back from ROW-A is ROW-A2 I continued this with other lines. Siblings of these new generations are treated the same way as everyone else except with an added number

• ROW-A John Rowlands

• ROW-A1 Henry Rowlands - father of John

• ROW-B1 Alice Rowlands - aunt of John

• ROW-A2 Henry Rowlands - grandfather of John

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ABBREVIATIONS

4xG GM	Great-great-great-great Grandmother	abt.	About	ad.	Adopted	aft.	After
b.	Born	bapt.	Baptised or Christened	BC	Birth Certificate	bef.	Before
BIND	Birth index	BNEWS	Newspaper record (birth)	btwn	Between	bur.	Buried
BURIND	Burial Index	cem	Cemetery	CEN	Census (often followed by the year e.g. CEN1871)	CENIND	Census Index (often has location e.g. WELSHCENIND1871)
conv.	Convict	crem	Cremated	d.	Died	dau	Daughter
DC	Death Certificate	dec.	Deceased	def.	Defacto	DIND	Death index
div.	Divorced	DNEWS	Newspaper record (death)	GGM	Great Grandmother	GM	Grandmother
HS	Headstone or Gravesite	KIA	Killed in action	m.	Married	MC	Marriage Certificate
MIND	Marriage index	MNEWS	Newspaper record (marriage)	NEWS	Newspaper record (generic)	OBIT	Obituary
part.	Partner	prob.	Probate	sep.	Separated	son	Son

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