The list of abbreviations below is a subset of the standard list used in the Internet newsgroup, soc.genealogy.surnames. The complete list can be found at the Roots-L site. Karen Isaacson, manager of the Roots Surname List, explains how she formed the list:
"These abbreviations are a convex combination of United States and Canadian postal codes, Chapman codes, three letter ISO codes for nations, Norwegian standard county codes, plus some abbreviations I invented, and several German/Swiss/Austrian codes compliments of Christian Carey, who also provided the Norwegian codes and helped me untangle the various UK abbreviations."
When searching for a state or country, try the abbreviation below, or the unabbreviated spelling, or variations of it.
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Code Locality ARG Argentina AUT Austria AZR Azores BEL Belgium BRB Barbados CAN Canada CHE Switzerland CSK Czechoslovakia DEU Germany DNK Denmark EGY Egypt ENG England ESP Spain FIN Finland FRA France HOL Holland HUN Hungary IRL Ireland ITA Italy JAM Jamaica JPN Japan LTU Lithuania LUX Luxembourg MEX Mexico NIR Northern Ireland NLD Netherlands NOR Norway PAN Panama PHL Philippines POL Poland RUS Russia SCT Scotland SIC Sicily SWE Sweden THA Thailand TUR Turkey USA United States VEN Venezuela WLS Wales YUG Yugoslavia ZAF South Africa
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