Abbreviations
| A | Births |
| B | Burials |
| Bigland | R Bigland Historical, Monumental & Genealogical Collection relative to the County of Gloucester |
| BRL | Birmingham Reference Library |
| BL | British Library |
| BMSGH | Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry |
| BMSGH m/fiche | Published on microfiche: for sale & accessible at specific repositories |
| B.Ts | Bishops’ Transcripts |
| BWMIs | Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions |
| C | Christenings (for Baptist records it refers to adult baptisms.) |
| D | Deaths |
| DALHS | Dudley Archives & Local History Service |
| DL | Dudley Library |
| G | General i.e. baptisms, marriages & burials |
| GL | Gloucester Library |
| Glos.PR(x) | W P W Phillimore Gloucestershire parish registers |
| GLS | Gloucestershire |
| GLS RO | Gloucestershire Record Office |
| HEF | Herefordshire |
| I | Index |
| IGHS | Institute of Genealogical & Heraldic Studies |
| IGI | International Genealogical Index |
| KL | Kidderminster Library |
| M | Marriages |
| MF | microfiche / microfilm / microform |
| MIs | Monumental Inscriptions |
| ML | Marriage Licence |
| MS / Ms | Manuscript |
| O | Originals |
| OXF | Oxfordshire |
| O.S. | Ordnance Survey |
| Ph.M | Worcestershire parish registers – Marriages ed.Phillimore & Carter |
| PHIL | Phillimore’s Printed Marriages (number refers to volume number in the County Series) |
| PLU | Poor Law Union |
| PRO | Public Record Office |
| PRs | Parish Records |
| qv | for which see separate entry |
| RL | Redditch Library |
| RMI | Roe Marriage Index |
| RO | Record Office |
| ROL | Record Office Library |
| SAL | Shropshire / Salop |
| SBTRO | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office |
| SHL | Shrewsbury Library |
| SL | Stourport Library |
| SML | Smethwick Library |
| SoG | Society of Genealogists |
| STR | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office |
| STS | Staffordshire |
| Ts | Typescript / transcript |
| VCH | Victoria County History |
| WAR | Warwickshire |
| WMIs | Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions |
| WOR | Worcestershire |
| Z | Births |
Last Updated: 12/07/2012
