Member Lineage Form Abbreviations and Examples

(?)	=   data immediately preceding not proven	ca.	=   approximate
[__?__]	=   item not known	co.	=   county
#1, #2...	=   indicates the order of multiple marriages	d.	=   died
b.	=   born	m.	=   marriage
bap.	=   baptized	res.	=   resided; residence

• Include counties with towns and cities. County is preferable to city since the Genealogist’s records are arranged by state and then county
• Separate each event with a semicolon ( ; )
• For all dates, follow this example: 06 Mar 1892 (day month year)

Here’s a fictitious example of a husband and wife:

• Michael Abraham Hohl/Holl [Hull-line name is entered first]
  Events: b. 20 Mar 1860, York Co., PA; m. 30 Apr 1880, Boone Co., PA, #1 Corinne Edwards; res. ca. 1881-1883 York Co., PA; d. 14 Dec 1951, Greene Co., IA
• Corinne Anna Edwards
  Events: b. 1852; bap. 03 (?) Jun 1862, Falmouth, co. Cornwall, Eng.;
  d. 15 [__?__] 1905 [marriage date omitted here; it is entered in husband’s entry]