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Abbreviations and Location Codes
Library Holdings | General Abbreviations | State Abbreviations
Abbreviations for Library Locations
The following list of libraries and special collections were checked. For the Rockingham Public Library and Eastern Mennonite University I have also designated separately their genealogy room and historical library.
| BC | Bridgewater College |
| EMU | Eastern Mennonite University |
| EMU-HL | Eastern Mennonite University Historical Library |
| HRHS | Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society |
| JMU | James Madison University |
| RPL | Rockingham Public Library |
| RPL-GEN | Rockingham Public Library Genealogical Room |
General Abbreviations
The following list of abbreviations may include examples which will not appear in the early Internet editions of this bibliography. These abbreviations were used in the 1989 published bibliography and title examples may not appear in this version until later.
| A.M. | Master of Arts |
| b. | born, birth |
| C | copyright (in front of date) |
| ca. | circa |
| cm | centimeters |
| Co. | company |
| comp. | compiler |
| d. | died, death date |
| D. Ed. | Doctor of Education |
| D.M.A. | Doctor of Music Administration |
| Dr. | doctor |
| ed. | editor, edited |
| e.g. | for example |
| enl. | enlarged |
| fl. | flourished |
| ft. | feet |
| illus. | illustrated |
| Inc. | incorporated |
| Jr. | junior |
| M.A. | Master of Arts |
| mm | millimeter |
| n.d. | no date |
| n.p. | no place, no publisher |
| p. | page(s) |
| Ph. D. | Doctor of Philosophy |
| rev. | revised |
| Rev. | Reverand |
| Sr. | senior |
| vol. | volume(s) |
Abbreviations of States, Provinces, and Countries
| Ala. | Alabama |
| Ariz. | Arizona |
| Ark. | Arkansas |
| Calif. | California |
| Conn. | Connecticut |
| D.C. | District of Columbia |
| Fla. | Florida |
| Ga. | Georgia |
| Ill. | Illinois |
| Ind. | Indiana |
| Kans. | Kansas |
| Ky. | Kentucky |
| La. | Louisiana |
| Mass. | Massachusetts |
| Md. | Maryland |
| Mex. | Mexico |
| Mich. | Michigan |
| Mo. | Missouri |
| N.C. | North Carolina |
| N.J. | New Jersey |
| N. Mex. | New Mexico |
| N.Y. | New York |
| Okla. | Oklahoma |
| Ont. | Ontario |
| Oreg. | Oregon |
| Penn. | Pennsylvania |
| R.I. | Rhode Island |
| S.C. | South Carolina |
| Tenn. | Tennessee |
| Tex. | Texas |
| Va. | Virginia |
| Vt. | Vermont |
| Wash. | Washington |
| W. Va. | West Virginia |
| Wis. | Wisconsin |
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