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DELAWARE
GENEALOGICAL
QUERIES
Query Format
The following are format conventions that those submitting queries are
encouraged to use. Queries are not edited after submission, however,
so some may not follow these conventions.
- Dates should be stated as day month year with the
month given as a three-letter abbreviation (such as 5 Jan 1834).
- Wherever possible, the geographic place should be pinpointed
including, where possible, the town, hundred and county. (DE is assumed unless stated otherwise).
- Submitters should state sources of information whenever possible.
- Punctuation should be minimized, e.g. no comma separating city and state nor
between the surname and descriptor (Jr, Sr, Esq).
- DO NOT USE THE PUNCTUATION MARKS (" or & or ;) because they are ignored by the web form. Instead use parentheses for ", "and" for "&", and a comma (,) or a period (.) for a semicolon (;).
- Common Abbreviations (generally without periods):
- Do not abbreviate hundred
- Use KT, NC or SX for Kent, New Castle and Sussex Co
- Co = county
- Use 2-letter state abbreviations (e.g. MD, PA, VA and NoC for North Carolina)
- Abbreviate months using only the first 3 letters, e.g. Mar, Jul, Oct
- Abbreviate numerical descriptors alphanumerically, such as 3rd son, 2nd wife, etc
- b=born, bap=baptized, d=died, m=married, m2=second marriage, bur=burial, cem=cemetery
- c=about, bef=before, aft=after, btw=between
- prob=probably, poss=possibly
- info=information, incl=including
- res=resided
- anc=ancestors, par=parent, des=descendants, ch=children, dau=daughter, bro=brother, sis=sister, sib=siblings, par=parent, ch=children, dau=daughter, bro=brother, sis=sister, sib=siblings, fam=family
- For other abbreviations see the Delaware Families project abbreviations at http://delgensoc.org/dfabbre.html
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