IGS Catalog – Key to Abbreviations

This page contains the KEYS to column headers in the IGS Library Catalog tables. The keys can be used in the table search boxes to filter information found in each catalog.

KEY TO LOCATION ABBREVIATIONS

REGN – Region Key

WEUR – Western Europe	GRGN – Germanic Regions	EEUR – Eastern Europe
BRIT – British Isles	SCAN – Scandinavia	BALT – Baltic Countries
OCEA – Oceania	AFRI – Africa	ASIA – Asia
NA – North America	CARI – Caribbean	SA – South America

SUBR – Sub-Region / Country Key – The Americas

NA – North America	NA – United States Sub-Regions
CAN – Canada	USMA – US Mid-Atlantic States
MEX – Mexico	USMW – US Mid-Western or Central States
USA – United States of America	USNE – US New England, North-Eastern, or Colonial States
	USNW – US Pacific Northwest / Great Basin States
SA – South America	USSO – US Southern States
ARG – Argentina	USWE – US Western States
BRZ – Brazil
CHL – Chile	CARI – Caribbean
	BDA – Bermuda

SUBR – Sub-Region / Country Key – Eurasia & others

WEUR – Western Europe	GRGN – Germanic Regions	EEUR – Eastern Europe
AUS – Austria	ALS – Alsace	BUL – Bulgaria
BLG – Belgium	BES – Bessarabia	CZH – Czechoslovakia
FRA – France	BAN – Banatschwaben	HUN – Hungary
GER – Germany	DON – Donauschwaben	POL – Poland
HOL – Holland / Netherlands	MEK – Mecklenburg	ROM – Romania
ITL – Italy	NSAO – Ostfriesland	RUS – Russia
LUX – Luxembourg	POM – Pomerania	YUG – Yugoslavia
MAL – Malta	POS – Posen
PRT – Portugal	SIL – Silesia / Schlesien	BALT – Baltic Countries
SPN – Spain	SUD – Sudetenland	EST – Estonia
SWT – Switzerland	WPR – Westpreußen	LAT – Latvia
		LIT – Lithuania
BRIT – British Isles	SCAN – Scandinavia
ENG – England	DEN – Denmark	OTHER
IRE – Ireland	FIN – Finland	AFG – Afganistan
SCO – Scotland	NOR – Norway	ARM – Armenia
WLS – Wales	SWE – Sweden	JPN – Japan
		TUR – Turkey
OCEA – Oceania	AFRI – Africa
AUT – Australia	SAF – Republic Of South Africa
ANZ – Australia / New Zealand

ST – German States Key

BAV – Bavaria (Bayern)	NRW – North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	SACA – Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)
BAW – Baden-Wuerttemberg (Baden-Württemberg)	NSA – Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) / Hamburg	SAR – Saarland
BRN – Berlin / Brandenburg	RPF – Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)	SHO – Schleswig-Holstein
HES – Hesse (Hessen)	SAC – Saxony (Sachsen)	THU – Thuringia (Thüringen)
MVP – Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

ST – US States Key

AK, AL, AR, etc…

see the ISO 3166-2 Codes for each state

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KEY TO SUBJECT ABBREVIATIONS

SUBJ – Subject Abbreviations

ARC – Archive	HIST – History	NOB – Nobility
ATL – Atlas	HIST/EM – History / Emigration	OCC – Occupations
BIB – Bibliography	HIST/NEWS – History / News	PER – Periodical
BIO – Biography	HLD – Heraldry	PUB – Publication
CEM – Cemetery	HOW – How-To	REC – Court Records
CEN – Census	IM – Immigration	REF – Reference
CH – Church	INDX – Index	REL – Religion
DICT – Dictionary	JEW – Jewish	SERVREC – Service Record
DIR – Directory	LAND – Land	TAX – Taxes
EM – Emigration	LANG – Language	TELE – Telephone
ETH – Ethnic	MARR – Marriage	TRAV – Travel
FAM – Family	MIL – Military	VIT – Vital Statistics
GEN – Genealogy	NAME – Name	WHO – Who’s Who by location
HER – Heraldry	NEWS – Newspaper	WILL – Will

SUBJ – Sub-Categories for Religion

AMSH – Amish	HUGT – Huguenot	METH – Methodist
BAPT – Baptist	HUTT – Hutterite	MORM – Mormon
BRTH – Brethren	JWSH – Jewish	PRES – Presbyterian
CATH – Catholic	LUTH – Lutheran	QAKR – Quaker
EPIS – Episcopalian	MENN – Mennonite	UNIT – Unitarian