These abbreviations are commonly used in genealogy and sometimes appear on this web site:
| bap | baptised |
| BC | birth certificate |
| bur | buried |
| DC | death certificate |
| mar | married |
| MC | marriage certificate |
| MI | memorial inscription (on a headstone or commemorative tablet) |
| q1 | first quarter of the year (similarly q2, q3, q4) |
| NZ | New Zealand |