List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
This article originally appeared in "Appendix A: Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms" in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
| AASLH | American Association of State and Local History |
| ABI | American Biographical Index |
| ACPL | Allen County Public Library of Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| AG | Accredited Genealogist |
| AGBI | American Genealogical and Biographical Index |
| ALA | American Library Association |
| AGS | American Genealogical Society |
| APG | Association of Professional Genealogists |
| APGQ | Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly |
| ARS | Automated Records System (General Land Office) |
| ASG | American Society of Genealogists |
| BCG | Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| BGMI | Biography Genealogy Master Index |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BYU | Brigham Young University |
| CAILS | Certified American Indian Lineage Specialist (obsolete) |
| CALS | Certified American Lineage Specialist (obsolete) |
| CDA | Colonial Dames of America |
| CG | Certified Genealogist |
| CGC | Council of Genealogy Columnists (obsolete; now ISFHWE) |
| CGI | Certified Genealogical Instructor |
| CG-Intern | Certified Genealogist-Intern (obsolete) |
| CGL | Certified Genealogical Lecturer |
| CGRS | Certified Genealogical Record Searcher (obsolete) |
| CIG | Computer Interest Group |
| DAC | National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists |
| DAR | National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution |
| DCW | National Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars |
| DFPA | National Society, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America |
| DLP | Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution |
| DUV | Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
| FASG | Fellow, American Society of Genealogists |
| FGS | Federation of Genealogical Societies, (publishes FORUM) |
| FHC | Family History Center (branch of the Family History Library) |
| FHL | Family History Library |
| FHLC | Family History Library Catalog |
| FNGS | Fellow, National Genealogical Society |
| FORUM | Federation of Genealogical Societies Forum |
| FUGA | Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association |
| GEDCOM | Genealogical Data Communications |
| GIMA | Genealogical Institute of Mid-America (University of Illinois at Springfield) |
| GJ | Genealogical Journal (of the Utah Genealogical Association) |
| GLO | General Land Office |
| GPAI | Genealogical Periodical Annual Index |
| GSG | Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| GSMD | General Society of Mayflower Descendants |
| GSU | Genealogical Society of Utah |
| IAJGS | International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies |
| ICAPGen | International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists |
| IGHR | Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research (Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama) |
| IGI | International Genealogical Index |
| IGS | Institute of Genealogical Studies (Dallas Genealogical Society, Dallas, Texas) |
| ISBGFH | International Society for British Genealogy and Family History |
| ISFHWE | International Society of Family History Writers and Editors |
| JGS | Jewish Genealogical Society |
| LDS | Latter-day Saints (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| NEHGR | New England Historical and Genealogical Register (publication of NEHGS) |
| NEHGS | New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| NGS | National Genealogical Society |
| NGS/CIG | Nation Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group; publishes the NGS/CIG Digest |
| NGSQ | National Genealogical Society Quarterly |
| NHS | National Huguenot Society |
| NIDS | National Inventory of Documentary Sources |
| NIGR | National Institute on Genealogical Research (Washington, D.C.) |
| NSCD-17 | National Society, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century |
| NSCD | National Society, Colonial Dames of America |
| NSDAR | See DAR |
| NUCMC | National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections |
| NYG&B | New York Genealogical and Biographical Society |
| NYGBR | New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record |
| NYPL | New York Public Library |
| OCLC | Online Computer Library Center |
| OFPA | Order of the Founders and Patriots of America |
| PAF | Personal Ancestral File |
| PERSI | Periodical Source Index |
| PLA | Public Library Association |
| RG | Record Group |
| RIN | Record Identification Number |
| RLIN | Research Libraries Information Network |
| SAR | National Society, Sons of the American Revolution |
| SASE | Self-addressed, stamped envelope |
| SC | The Society of the Cincinnati |
| SCV | Sons of Confederate Veterans |
| SCW | Society of Colonial Wars |
| SSDI | Social Security Death Index |
| SLIG | Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy |
| TAG | The American Genealogist |
| TG | The Genealogist |
| UDC | United Daughters of the Confederacy |
| UGA | Utah Genealogical Association |
| USD 1812 | National Society, U. S. Daughters of the War of 1812 |
Source
This list is excerpted from Kip Sperry's Abbreviations and Acronyms, rev. 2nd ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2003). Refer to that book for a more complete list.
