Reference Sources

Information in individual records is tagged by a reference, shown in green, on the right hand side of the page. This is a short reference to the source of the information. One day it is planned to make these references as active links, but in the meantime this section provides an explanation of the quoted sources.

Many of the references quoted are generic, such as PR for Parish Register, rather than be specific whether this is an IGI reference, or printed volume extract, or actual search from the registers held at record offices.

Some references go to the next level, for which the following is quick access:

	AWT.Xxxxx	Information from an Ancestry World Tree. See Ancestry World Tree Sources.
	C.Xxxxx	Information from correspondence. See Correspondence Sources.
	E.Xxxxx	Information from email correspondence. See Email Reference Sources.
	FTM.Xxx	Information from Family Tree Maker trees. See Family Tree Maker Reference Sources.
	G.Xxxxx	Information from a GEDCOM files. See GEDCOM Reference Sources.
	GC.Xxxxx	Information from Genealogy Circle. See Genealogy Circle Sources.
	GR.Xxxxx	Information from GenesReunited contacts. See GenesReunited Sources.
	I.Xxxx	Further internet site references. See Internet Site Sources
	N.Xxxxx	Further online newspaper references. See Newspaper Reference Sources.
	PMT.xxxxxx	A Public Member Tree files on ancestry.com or ancestry.co.uk. See Public Member Tree Sources.
	PRF.Xxxxx	Information from a Pedigree Resource File in www.familysearch.org. See Pedigree Resource File Sources.
	nnnn.mmm	Where such a reference is given against census details it represents the piece number and folio from the census records on microfilm/microfiche held at the Public Records Office, Kew. For 1911 census records, being online, just the schedule reference number is given.
	192.com	Information from 192.com
	1939	The 1939 Register (Fund My Past)
	ABC	Advanced Background Checks (internet service)
	Aberd	Aberdeen University records
	ABL	American Biographical Library (Ancestry.com)
	ACAG	American Compendium of American Genealogy
	ACTR	Australian Convict Transportation Registers (Ancestry.com)
	ACWM	American Civil War Musters (Ancestry.com)
	Ad Adv	The Adelaide Advertiser
	ADBO	Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (use google)
	ADI	Ancestry Death Index (from 1989)
	AFT	Ancestry.com public Family Tree
	AGCI	The Australasian Genealogical Computer Index, published by the Society of Autralian Genealogists
	AGen nn	The Genealogist volume nn published by the American Society of Genealogists
	AIF	Records from the Australian Imperial Force project (Google "the AIF project")
	AISMSI	AIS Mortality Schedules Index (Ancestry.com)
	AKCA	Algona Kossuth County Advance
	ALDiv	Alabama Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	ALD	Alabama Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	ALM	Alabama Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	Ances	Ancestry.co.uk non-specific reference
	AncesPMP	Ancestry.co.uk Public Member Photos, also Private Member Photos
	ANP	Andrews Newspaper Index Cards (Ancestry.com)
	APPL	Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (Ancestry.com)
	APPR	Apprenticeship records
	ARH	Army Roll of Honour (internet)
	ATTP	Attestation Papers of soldiers joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force (WWI)
	AUCI	Australia Cemetery Index (Ancestry.com)
	AusBMD	Australia Birth, Marriage, Death registrations
	AusFSE	Book titled Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire
	AusOb	Australian Obituaries (taken from www.Obituary.com.au)
	AusQue	History of Queensland, Australia, Volume 2
	AWT.Xxxxx	Information from an Ancestry World Tree, referenced as Xxxxx. Further detail in Ancestry World Tree Sources.
	AZBDC	Arizona Birth and Death Certificates (Ancestry.com)
	BACF n.n	An unpublished work by Anthony. J. Bostock titled "Bostocks - An Ancient Cheshire Family". The n.n refers to chapter and section within this book. NB: Tony has now updated this material, and updated copy may be accessed from this page.
	BACG	British Army Coldstream Guards records, from Find My Past
	BB	Birth Brief files at the Society of Genealogists, London
	BBMF.pp	Bostocks of Bostock: the Medieval Family, with page number. These references are to pages from a document by Tony Bostock, available on his website. Follow this link to Tony's Local History Articles page, from which BBMF may be accessed.
	BCAW	Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women
	BCBB	A book titled 'The Brewster Cary Bostock Book' with many old family photographs, prepared at least in part by Raymond Nathaniel Bostock, and made available courtesy of Kent C. Bostock
	BCD	British Columbia, Canada deaths (FamilySearch and internet)
	BCCFA	British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid (internet)
	BCCU	Border Crossings - Canada to USA (Ancestry.com)
	BCert	Birth Certificate
	BCM	British Columbia, Canada marriages (internet)
	BCMU	Border Crossings - Mexico to USA (Ancestry.com)
	BCUC	Border Crossings - USA to Canada (Ancestry.com)
	Bedale	Bedale School Register
	BedfordC	"A History of Bedfordshire College for Women" by Tuke, (Society of Genealogists)
	BengalB	Bengal Baptisms. From printed volumes In Oriental and India Office Collection of Britsh Library
	BengalD	Bengal Deaths. From printed volumes In Oriental and India Office Collection of Britsh Library
	BENGW	Bengal Soldiers' wills (Find My Past)
	BG	Gravestone inscriptions from BillionGraves.com
	Bible1	There is specific reference to a Family Bible for the dates of birth and death of Sally (1779) Bostwick's children. The bible is said to be in the possession of Charles Rowland Bostwick of New York, 2009. Source of this information is Carol Hicks.
	Bible2	This Bible was printed in 1623, and was in the possession of Henry John Bostock (1870), after he received it from his sister Lilian May (1882). It had originally passed from Thomas (1777) to his son Thomas (1816). The entries were written in the back of a Holy Bible. John David Clark has kindly turned this into a PDF file for easy viewing.
	BIL nnnnn	Boyd's Inhabitants of London. nnnnn is the reference number.
	BIOM	British India Office Marriages (Find My Past).
	BISA	Biographical Index of South Australians.
	BLBC	British Library Books Catalog (Opac)
	BLG 19nn	Burke's Landed Gentry. 19nn refers to the edition.
	BloomM	Bloomville Mirror, Delaware Co, NY
	BNLO nn	Bostick Newsletter Online #nn
	BNP	"The Blue Nuns of Paris 1658 - 1810", book on the shelves of Soc of Genealogists, London
	BNPA	British Newspaper Archives (internet)
	BombayB	Bombay Baptisms. From printed volumes In Oriental and India Office Collection of British Library
	BombayM	Bombay Marriages. From printed volumes In Oriental and India Office Collection of British Library
	BOOTHAM	Bootham School records
	BosWilk	A large family tree, particularly of Bostocks and Wilkinsons, received from Mrs. Thelma Birrell, containing a considerable portion of the Bostocks of Chester and Australia.
	Botanists	from book titled British and Irish Herbaria, on collectors
	Brad	Bradfield College registers
	BRAIC	Brazil Immigration Cards (FamilySearch)
	BrisC	The Courier, Brisbane, Queensland
	BrisCM	The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland
	BRISU	Bristol University records
	BSFT	Bostock-Smith Family Tree. A major contribution from Mike Bostock-Smith, containing most of the detail shown in Part 5 of the Bostocks of Leek.
	C.Xxxxx	Information from correspondence with the name Xxxxx. Further detail in Correspondence Sources.
	CAB	California Birth Records (Ancestry.com)
	CAD	California Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	CADiv	California Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	CairnsP	The Cairns Post, Queensland
	CAM	California Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	Cambrian	Journal of Carmarthenshire (Kew shelves)
	CAMU	Cambridge University alumni records
	CanBMD	Canada Birth, Marriage and Death records (internet)
	CanDiv	Canadian Divorce records (internet)
	CanImm	Canadian Immigration records (internet)
	CanNat	Canadian Naturalisation records (internet)
	CanOA	Canadian Overseas Arrivals (Ancestry.com)
	CanOb	Canadian Obituaries (MyHeritage.com)
	CanPL	Canadian Passenger Lists (Ancestry.com)
	CanWho	Canadian Whos Who
	CBEmig	Book titled "The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607 - 1776" on the shelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	CBTP	Chari Bostick's family tree recorded on the Tribal Pages internet site, and a major source for the Bostocks and Bosticks of Alabama family tree.
	CCD	Crockford's Clerical Directory
	Census	The information comes from one or more census records. See also nnnn.mmm for UK census reference formats, and T625_mmm and T626_mmm for USA census reference formats
	Cert	Birth, Marriage or Death certificate, usually from England & Wales or Scotland.
	CertB/M/D nnnn	Where there is a need to identify a Birth, Marriage or Death certificate more specifically, the type of certificate is added, and the year of the certificate, eg CertB 1862.
	CH	Appointments registered at Companies House
	ChartS	Charterhouse School Registers
	ChigS	Chigwell School Registers
	CheltC	Cheltenham College Registers
	ChemR	Institute of Chemists Registers (SoG)
	CheshH	"History of Cheshire", on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	CHSR	Cheshire School Records (FamilySearch)
	CIPM	Cheshire Inquisitions Post Mortem. Many of these are published in the Lancashire and Cheshire Records Series, on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	Clergy	Clerical Directories, Church Directory, The Clergy List
	CLFC	Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certificates
	CLIF	Clifton School Registers
	CMB	Chester Marriage Bonds
	CML	Chester Marriage Licences
	CND	Connecticut Death records (Ancestry.com)
	CofA	College of Arms (issued pedigree)
	COM	Colorado Marriages (Ancestry.com and FamilySearch)
	COSG	Colorado Spring Gazette
	COV	Colorado Divorces (Ancestry.com)
	CPI	Confederate Patriot Index
	CROW	Wills held in Chester Records Office
	CRS nn	Catholic Record Society publications, volume nn (Society of Genealogists)
	CSCCG	Charleston, SC City Gazette
	CSEA	Civil Service Evidence of Age (Find my Past)
	CTD	Connecticut Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	CTDivI	Connecticut Divorce Index (Ancestry.com)
	CTM	Connecticut Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	CTPR	Connecticut Probate Records
	Cutting	Documented by a newspaper cutting. Actual newspaper uncertain. The main source is a set of newspaper cuttings which were originally collected by Dr John Knight Bostock (1893 - 1963).
	CWGC	Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register, available on the www.
	DB	The Domesday Book, ordered by William the Conqueror in 1086
	DBHBR	DeViney-Bostwick-Honey Bible Record, taken from Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine volume 36, issue 3
	DCert	Death Certificate
	DCM	District of Columbia marriage records (Ancestry.Com)
	DebPeople	Debrett's People of Today
	Dentist	Dentist Registers (available at Public Records Office, Kew)
	DFR	Duffield Family Research Papers. The principal source referenced as DFR is a 16 page document titled 'Bostock Family Tree', which was compiled by Frederick Bostock Webb, a professional genealogist hired by Geoffrey Rowley Bostock. John David Clark has kindly turned this into a PDF file for easy viewing.
	Dir	Directories - trade and other
	Director	Directory of Directors
	Div	Divorce files, available at the Public Records Office, Kew
	DMail dd/mm/yyyy	Daily Mail Newspaper
	DNB	Dictionary of National Biography
	Doctor	Medical Directory Registers
	DRRH	DeRuvigny Roll of Honour (Ancestry.com) Profiles of WWI heroes.
	DT dd/mm/yyyy	Daily Telegraph
	DTM4	The label for a set of documents held at Cheshire Records Office, Chester
	DublinUR	Dublin University Records (SoG)
	E.Xxxxx	Information from email correspondence with the name Xxxxx. Actual email references used may be found at Email Reference Sources.
	EB	Comment from Edward Bostock, author
	EBAY	Information coming from EBAY sales
	ECN 1715	"English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715", book on the shelves of Society of Genealogists
	ECPP	"East Cheshire Past and Present", by Earwaker, book on the shelves of Society of Genealogists
	EIR	The web site "Ellis Island Records", www.ellisislandrecords.com
	ElizC	Registers of Elizabeth College, St.Peter Port, Guernsey
	ER	Electoral Rolls
	ES	The Evening Standard (London). ES is usually followed by a date
	EtonS	Eton School Registers
	Face	Information and pictures from Facebook
	FAG	Find A Grave (internet)
	FamHM	Family Heirloom Magazine
	FBLeek	Family Bible covering the Bostocks of Leek, in possession of John Bostock in 2005
	FBT	"The Family of Bostock of Tarporley, Cheshire", a booklet by Robert Chignell Bostock, printed for private circulation in 1906. Select the title to see this booklet.
	FCert	Funeral Certificate
	FEHB	Genealogy contributed by Francis Edward Henry Bostock, particularly relating to his own family tree, the Bostocks of Otford, Kent
	FEHBSG	Genealogy papers left with the Society of Genealogists by Francis Edward Henry Bostock
	FelsteadS	Felstead School registers
	FIBIS	Families in British India Society (www.fibis.org)
	FKin	Book titled "Founders Kin" on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	FLD(I)	Florida Deaths Index (Ancestry.Com)
	FLDivI	Florida Divorces Index (Ancestry.Com)
	FleetM	Fleet Marriages (GRO Kew)
	FLM(I)	Florida Marriages Index (Ancestry.Com)
	FMP	Find My Past - the reference is used sparingly
	FOL	Foreign Office Lists
	FOML	Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations
	Forum nnn	Information from the Bostwick or Bostock Genealogy Forums. nnn is the specific forum entry.
	FS	Family Search - general search.
	FSAF	Family Search Ancestral File. These sources should be available by searching for the individual's record, starting from http://www.familysearch.com and looking in the Ancestral File section. I have also included here material actually found in Salt Lake City library of the Church of Jesus Latter-Day Saints in their Ancestry File records. The main difference being that the Salt Lake City records show detail for living people, whereas Ancestry.com blocks it out.
	FSFT	Family Search Family Tree. These sources should be available by searching for the individual's record, starting from http://www.familysearch.com and looking in the Family Tree section
	FSIGI	Family Search International Genealogical Index. These sources should be available by searching for the individual's record, starting from http://www.familysearch.com and looking in the International Genealogical Index section
	FSPRF	Family Search Pedigree Resource File. These sources, now called FamilySearch Genealogies should be available by searching for the individual's record, starting from this page.
	FRDavid	Family Register compiled by David Bostock (1811) of Cobridge, Staffs
	FTM.Xxx	Information from Family Tree Maker trees on the Internet. Further detail of these may befound at Family Tree Maker Reference Sources.
	FultonH	Website www.FultonHistory.com providing free online copy of many newspapers of New York and Pennsylvania.
	funn	Website https://funeral-notices.co.uk providing many free obituaries, and family history announcements.
	G.Xxxxx	Information from a GEDCOM file named Xxxxx. Further detail of these may be found at GEDCOM Reference Sources.
	GAC	Georgia Census
	GACem	Georgia Cemetery records, from US Genweb
	GAD	Georgia Death records (Ancestry.com)
	GAM	Georgia Marriage records (Ancestry.com)
	GAW	Georgia Wills
	GAWI	Georgia Wills Index
	GBF	Genealogy of Barbados Families by James C. Brandow (Soc of Genealogists library)
	GBFA	Henry Anthon Bostwick's book titled "Genealogy of the Bostwick Family of America", printed in 1901. This major work has now been digitised and is freely available on the internet (3 versions). The best of these is courtesy of Brigham Young University using the following link: Digital Copy of this Book
	GC.Xxxxx	Information from Genealogy Circle contributions with the name Xxxxx. The full contact name may be found at Genealogy Circle Sources.
	GCCC	Gonville and Caius College Cambridge directories
	GenC	GenCircles internet site: www.gencircles.com
	Gen.Com	Family tree data available from Genealogy.Com on the internet
	GenDB.Com	www.gendatabase.com, a South African genealogy database
	GEOD	Georgia Death Registrations (Ancestry.com)
	GEONCC	Georgia North Central Cemeteries (Ancestry.com)
	GGR	Geelong Grammarians Register, Victoria, Australia
	GGRCSS	An online book titled 'Genealogy of George Rogers and Caira Skelton Starkey - 2008', prepared by Freya Heinrichs Fitzpatrick (pippi_lotta3@yahoo.com), copy provided courtesy of Kent Bostock
	GIA	"Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn 1521 - 1889 together with Register of Marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel 1695 - 1754", a book by Joseph Foster
	GlasgowU	Glasgow University records
	GLW	Gloucestershire Wills (Gloucester Records Office)
	GMag	the Gentleman's Magazine
	Google	Information collected from miscellaneous sources by using Google
	GOONS	Information collected from Guild of One-name Studies website, passed on directly from a GOONS member.
	GPIR	Gene Pool Individual Records (Ancestry.com)
	GPR	Gravestone Photographic Resource, a free internet site recording gravestone detail, and with photos
	GR.Xxxxx	Information from GenesReunited contacts with the name Xxxxx. The full contact name may be found at GenesReunited Sources.
	GraysI	Gray's Inn Admissions
	GRCB	GenesReunited Community Board
	GRNB	A booklet titled A Genealogical Register of the Name of Bostwick, by Erastus Bostwick. This reference was certainly used by Henry Anthon Bostwick in ref GBFA. The booklet may be viewed online using the following link: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalregi00bost . See also Marsha Buckingham.
	GROI	General Records Office Indexes (England and Wales Births, Marriages and Deaths)
	GtOrmond	Records of Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
	HailS	Haileybury School Register
	Hale	Hale Collection of inscriptions and newspaper notices (Ancestry.com)
	HarpD	Harpers Directory (wine trade)
	HarrowS	Harrow School Register
	Hearthtax	Hearth tax records, in particular the Cheshire Hearth tax records of 1664
	HF	Pedigree of Huddleston and Foley. From notes taken by F. E. H. Bostock.
	HLCOHIO	History of Licking County, Ohio
	HMS nnnn	Harleyan Manuscript no nnnn. The main Harleyan Manuscript referred to is HMS 1535. This reference is often shortened to HMS.
	HMS 2059	The Bostock Tree - Part 4A is entirely based upon this manuscript, whose origin is interesting. The following is taken directly from BBMF.17 (see above). HMS 2059 are documents from an old book of pedigrees obtained in May 1576 by Laurence Bostock (1520), the antiquary, from Phillip Oldfield, attorney of Grey’s Inn, London which had been found in a student’s room in Oxford. The pedigrees, which seem to have been compiled in the latter months of 1498, were made for the ‘howse and Family of Bostok in the Countie palentyne of Chester’. Laurence then made a ‘true copy’ on 14 June 1580 before delivering it into the keeping of Robert Glover, then Somerset Herald of Arms, who probably referred to it in compiling his Visitation of Cheshire that year.
	HPed	Hunters Pedigrees, on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	HROCA	Historical Register of Officers in the Continental Army, by Francis B. Heitman, published 1914
	HSSCAT	Humanities and Social Sciences Catalog, British Library Catalog (OPAC). The catalog is available on the shelves of the British Newpaper Library, Colindale, London
	I.Xxxx	Further internet site references. See Internet Site Sources for further detail on these sources.
	iann	Website www.iannounce.co.uk , providing many free obituaries, and family history announcements.
	IABR	Iowa, Bremer County, Births and Deaths
	IDM	Idaho Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	IDState	Idaho Statesman. See www.Idahostatesman.com
	IGI	The International Genealogical Index. This reference is used very sparingly, in favour of using the PR reference. It is used for birth or marriage records when the parish has not been identified.
	ILB	Illinois Birth Records (FamilySearch)
	ILD	Illinois Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	ILJEFDIV	Illinois, Jefferson County, Divorce records (www.jefferson.ilgenweb.net)
	ILLQ	Illinois Quaker Records (Ancestry.com)
	ILW	Illinois Will Abstracts (Ancestry.com)
	IMDB	Internet Movies Database, ( http://us.imdb.com)
	INB	Indiana Birth records
	IND	Indiana Death records
	INDD	India Death records (FamilySearch)
	INDiv	Indiana Divorce records
	IndIx	Book titled "India Index" on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	INM	Indiana Marriage records
	INNP dd/mm/yyyy	Indiana Newspapers with published date
	InnTA	Inner Temple Admissions (barristers)
	Interment	Cemetery records found through www.interment.net
	Internet	Information may be found using Google and the internet
	INUM	Indiana United Methodist Church records
	IOMB	Isle of Man Births (FamilySearch)
	IOMD	Isle of Man Deaths (FamilySearch)
	IOMM	Isle of Man Marriages (FamilySearch)
	IOWD	Iowa Cemetery Records (Ancestry.com)
	IXC	Inquisitions of the Exchequer of Chester
	JBCL	Joseph Bostock (1783) Collection of Letters
	JBMBP	Booklet titled 'Jocelyn Bostock: a Memoir of Bletchley Park 1939-44', written by Martin Knight
	JKB	Many genealogical papers were obtained from the estate of John Knight Bostock (1893 - 1963). Information gained from these papers is referenced JKB.
	JKBC	JKB Cuttings refers to a collection of newspaper cuttings made by John Knight Bostock, and now in my possession (RB). The actual newspapers these are taken from are not known.
	JKBH	JK Bostock produced a short family tree of the Haworth family, who married into the Bostocks of Leek. This source is in my possesion and is referenced as JKBH.
	JKBL	JK Bostock produced a family tree of the Bostock & Wombwell's menagerie family. This source is in my possesion and is referenced as JKBL.
	JKB-BBH	JK Bostock produced a family tree of the Bostocks of Breedon on the Hill, Leics. This source is in my possesion and is referenced as JKB-BBH.
	JKB-BMH	JK Bostock produced a family tree of the Bostocks of Merefield House, Haslington. This source is in my possesion and is referenced as JKB-BMH.
	KANLD	Kansas, Leavenworth Veterans Center Death Register (Ancestry.com)
	KBCFP	Kent Bostock's collection of family photos
	KENMI	Kentucky Marriages Index (Ancestry.com)
	KewDO	Kew Public Records Office Documents Online (internet free access)
	KHT 1893	Kelly's Handbook of the Titled, Landed and Official Gentry, 1893
	KingWC	King William's College Register, Castleton, Isle of Man
	KYB	Kentucky Birth records
	KYD	Kentucky Death records
	KYM	Kentucky Marriage records
	LancC	Lancing College Register
	LAW	Lancashire Wills. These can be seen at Lancashire Records Office, Preston.
	LBFH	A booklet titled 'The Leicestershire Bostocks Family History' by Derek Bostock.
	LCHS nn	Records of Lancashire and Cheshire History Society (SoG bookshelves). nn refers to the volume in the series.
	LEW	Leicestershire Wills. These can be seen at Leicester Records Office.
	LGAZ dd/mm/yyyy	London Gazette
	LICW	Lichfield Wills. These can be seen at Lichfield Records Office, Staffs.
	LIB	Loyalist Isaac Bostwick of New Brunswick, Canada, by Sharon Dubeau, 1985 (book)
	LinkedIn	LinkedIn website
	LivM	Liverpool Mercury
	LLCR	Lloyds Captains Register
	LMH	Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford registers
	LML	London Marriage Licences
	LodgeDev	Lodge Devotion (Masonic Lodge of Victoria, Australia)
	LondonU	London University records
	LROW	Wills held in Lichfield Records Office, Staffs
	LSEPS	London School of Economic and Political Science registers
	MAB	Massachusetts Birth records (FamilySearch)
	MAD	Massachusetts Death records (FamilySearch)
	MadrasB	Madras Baptisms. From printed volumes In Oriental and India Office Collection of Britsh Library
	MadrasM	Madras Marriages. From printed volumes In Oriental and India Office Collection of Britsh Library
	MAM	Massachusetts Marriage records (FamilySearch)
	ManchEN	Manchester Evening News - Family Notices (internet). Site covers a range of newspapers.
	ManchFN	ManchesterOnline - Family Notices (internet)
	ManPI	Manchester Police Index (Find My Past)
	ManPR	Manchester Prison Records (Find My Past)
	ManSR	Manchester School Registers (SoG library)
	MarlC	Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wilts registers
	MAW	Massachusetts Wills and Probate (Ancestry.com)
	MB dd/mm/yy	Bostock Message Board on RootsWeb - I have moved to this format to include the date of the Message Board entry
	MBFH	'My Bostock Family History', an online book, produced by John Knight. It is a major reference source for the Bostocks of Blidworth family tree.
	MBHMF	Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Co, Tex
	MCert	Marriage Certificate
	MedD	Medical Directory / Register, on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London.
	Melb Argus	The Melbourne Argus, Victoria
	MelCEGS	Melbourne Church of England Grammar School records.
	Memoriam	In Memoriam cards, part of the document collection received from J. K. Bostock.
	Mercury	The Mercury, of Hobart, Tasmania.
	MerrettBG	A hand-written document titled "Merrett - Bostock Genealogy, 1835 - 1985" by Richard Barton Scott, husband of Ida Marion (1909).
	Methodists	Garlick's Methodist Registry, on the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London.
	MEXD	Mexico Death Registrations (FamilySearch).
	MFC	Information taken from MyFamily.com in 2002, since disconnected.
	MGH	Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica.
	MH	The My Heritage website.
	MHFT	The Family Trees section of MyHeritage web site (myheritage.com).
	MI	Monumental Inscription. This is a generic reference, whether our actual source was a printed book, microfiche, or actual visit to a cemetery.
	MIB	Michigan Birth Records (FamilySearch)
	MiscC	Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings. I've lost track of the actual newspaper.
	MICDI	Michigan Death Index (Ancestry.com)
	MICMI	Michigan Marriages Index (Ancestry.com)
	MICOC	Michigan, Oakland County Vital Records (Ancestry.com)
	MID	Michigan Death Records (FamilySearch)
	MIDIV	Michigan Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	MIM	Michigan Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	ML dd/mm/yy	Bostock Mailing List on RootsWeb - dd/mm/yy is the date of the Mailing List entry
	MMP.nn	"Mariners - Merchants ...then Pioneers", a book written by Mrs. Thelma Birrell. The book of 245 pages was printed in limited edition in 1993, and is a principal source for the Bostocks of Chester/Australia family tree. nn refers to a page number in the book.
	MND	Minnesota Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	MNM	Minnesota Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	MNNA	Mansfield and North Notts Advertiser (courtesy John Knight)
	MNS	Merchant Navy Seamen's records (Ancestry.com)
	MOM	Missouri Marriages Records (Ancestry.com)
	MONDI	Montana Death Index (Ancestry.com)
	MP	Members of Parliament directory
	MTA	"Middle Temple Admissions". Book on shelves at the Society of Genealogists, London
	MTSR	Merchant Taylor School Register
	Mundia	The interent site www.mundia.com, mainly Australian family trees
	Music	Who's Who in Music
	MV - RExApp	Metro Vickers - Register of Ex-Apprentices. Book on shelves at the Society of Genealogists, London
	MW dd/mm/yy	Bostwick Message Board on RootsWeb - I have moved to this format to include the date of the Message Board entry
	MWPF	Mexican War (1846 - 1848) Pension Files
	MX dd/mm/yy	Message Boards other than Bostock and Bostwick, with date of entry
	MyLife	The internet site MyLife.com
	N.Xxxxx	Further online newspaper references. See Newspaper Reference Sources.
	NAA	National Archives of Australia - documents available by internet search, mainly military.
	NAA Census	Census records filed at the National Archives of Australia. Northern Territories records are held at Darwin.
	NASA	National Archives of South Africa. An internet site.
	NCD	North Carolina Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	NCDiv	North Carolina Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	NCI	Nottingham Cemetery Indexes at Nottingham Records Office
	NDMM	North Dakota Military Men (Ancestry.com)
	NEB	Nebraska Births (Ancestry.com)
	NEM	Nebraska Marriages (FamilySearch)
	NEHGR	New England Historical & Genealogical Register
	NewsA	Newspapers by Ancestry (Ancestry.com).
	Newsp	Generic for a Newspaper. Newspaper should be identified in the text.
	NHM	New Hampshire Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	NJB	New Jersey Birth Records (FamilySearch)
	NJD	New Jersey Death Records (FamilySearch)
	NJM	New Jersey Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	NJ Times	The New Jersey Times
	NLA.AN	National Library of Australia - Australian Newspapers.
	NLWW	National Library of Wales - Wills. Wills held at the NLW, Aberystwith
	NOA	National Obituary Archive (ArrangeOnline.com)
	NotW	Nottinghamshire Wills - from Nottingham Records Office
	NSVR	Nova Scotia Vital Records (FamilySearch)
	NSWB	New South Wales, Australia Birth Records
	NSWBank	New South Wales, Australia Bankruptcy records (internet)
	NSWCem	New South Wales, Australia Cemetery Records (internet)
	NSWD	New South Wales, Australia Death Records
	NSWDiv	New South Wales, Australia Divorce Index
	NSWM	New South Wales, Australia Marriage Records
	NSWPI	New South Wales, Australia Probate Index Records
	NSWPL	New South Wales Passenger Lists (Ancestry.com)
	NSWUA	New South Wales, index to Unassisted Arrivals (internet)
	NTPI	Northern Territory Probate Index (Ancestry.com)
	NTT	Northern Territory Times, Australia
	NVD	Nevada Deaths (Ancestry.com)
	NVDiv	Nevada Divorces (Ancestry.com)
	NVM	Nevada Marriages (Ancestry.com)
	NY Post	The New York Post (Deaths notices contributed by Rich Clarke)
	NY Star	The New York Star (see www.thedailystar.com)
	NY Times	The New York Times
	NYB	New York Births (Ancestry.com)
	NYBCRiC	MIs taken from Broome County Riverside Cemetery, New York (Rootsweb.com)
	NYCCR	New York City Coroners Reports
	NYD	New York Deaths (Ancestry.com)
	NYESB	New York Emigrant Savins Bank records (Ancestry.com)
	NYM	New York Marriages (FamilySearch)
	NYPL	New York Passenger Lists (Ancestry.com)
	NYPN	New York Petitions for naturalisation (Ancestry.com)
	NYUCNC	MIs taken from Nanticoke Cemetery, Union Center, New York (Rootsweb.com)
	NZArch	New Zealand Achives (www.archives.govt.nz)
	NZBMD	New Zealand Birth, Marriage, and Death registries
	NZGov	New Zealand Government Records (internet)
	NZN	New Zealand Naturalisations (Ancestry.com)
	NZP	New Zealand Probate records (FamilySearch)
	OBCNHA	Obituaries: Connecticut, Hartford Courant (Ancestry.com)
	OBINEV	Obituaries: Indiana, Evansville Courier (Ancestry.com)
	Obit	Other Obituaries
	Obitf	Obituaries from Obitfinder (internet)
	ObitM	Obituaries from Obit Messenger (internet)
	OBKYLO	Obituaries: Kentucky, Louisville Courier-Journal (Ancestry.com)
	OBNYT	Obituaries: NY Times
	OBTXFW	Obituaries: Texas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Ancestry.com)
	OBUTSLT	Obituaries: Utah, Salt Lake Tribune (Ancestry.com)
	OHC	Ormerod's History of Cheshire
	OHD(R)	Ohio Death Records
	OHDiv	Ohio Divorce Records
	OhioCI	Ohio Census Index (Ancestry.com)
	OHDI	Ohio Death Index (Ancestry.com)
	OHMI	Ohio Marriage Indexes
	OHVR	Ohio Voter Registrations (Ancestry.com)
	OHVRKN	Ohio Vital Records, Knox County (Ancestry.com)
	OHWI	Ohio Wills Index
	OKM	Oklahoma Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	ONBI	Ontario Birth Index (Internet)
	ONDI	Ontario Death Index (Internet)
	ONMI	Ontario Marriage Index (internet)
	OP	Open Plaques website
	ORDI	Oregon Deaths Index (Ancestry.com)
	ORM	Oregon Marriages (Ancestry.com)
	OWT	Own World Trees (Ancestry.com)
	OXFU	Oxford University alumni records
	OXW	Oxfordshire Wills (Find My Past)
	PAB	Pennsylvania Birth Records (FamilySearch))
	PAD(C)	Pennsylvania Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	PAM	Pennsylvania Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	PAPL	Philadelphia Passenger Lists (Ancestry.com)
	ParisM	Paris Marriages (Ancestry.com)
	PASSL	Passenger Lists, hosted by findmypast.com
	PaVBC	Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards (Ancestry.com)
	Patboz	A private family tree on Ancestry Co created by Pat Bostock.
	PAW	Pennsylvania Wills (Ancestry Co)
	PCCA	Administrations of estate granted at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. These can be seen at Kew Records Office, Surrey
	PCCW	Wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. These can be seen at Kew Records Office, Surrey
	Peerage	The Peerage, website
	PharmR	Pharmaceutical and Druggist Registers (SoG)
	PL	A generic for Passenger Lists as more sources become available
	PMP	Public Member Photos (Ancestry.com)
	PMS	Public Member Stories (Ancestry.com)
	PMT.xxxxxx	A Public Member Tree files on ancestry.com or ancestry.co.uk. xxxxxx is a reference to the name of the tree. See Public Member Tree Sources. for the actual trees referenced.
	Polltax	Poll tax records, in particular the Cheshire Poll tax records of 1660
	PoorL	Poor Law records
	PR	Parish Register entry. This is a generic reference, whether our actual source came from the IGI, or a printed volume, microfilm, or inspection of an actual Parish Register.
	PRF.Xxxxx	Information from a Pedigree Resource File in www.familysearch.org. Xxxxx refers to the name of the PRF submitter. Actual references used may be found at Pedigree Resource File Sources.
	Prisons	Prison records(Find My Past)
	PrMP	Private Member Photos (Ancestry.com)
	QLDB	Queensland, Australia birth registrations
	QLDCem	Queensland, Australia Cemetery records (FamilySearch)
	QLDD	Queensland, Australia death registrations
	QLDM	Queensland, Australia marriage registrations
	QLDPI	Queensland, Australia Pioneer Index
	QLDPict	The Queenslander Pictorial (Find My Past)
	QLDSP	Queensland, Australia School Pupils
	Quebec	Quebec records, from Drouin Collection (Ancestry.com)
	RACA	Royal Aero Club Aviators certificates (Ancestry.com)
	RadleyC	Radley College Registers
	RAFN	RAF News
	RAFM	RAF Memorial on Cooper's Hill, Runnymede, Surrey
	RAFOSR	RAF Officer Service Records (Records held at Kew)
	RB	Comment from Roland Bostock, author
	RCath	Rman Catholic directories (Society of Genealogists)
	RCHR	Roots Church Records (Rootsweb.com)
	RCMFIW	Rolls of Connecticut Men in French and Indian War 1755 - 1762
	RecusH nn	Recusant History volume nn. On the bookshelves of the Society of Genealogists, London
	ReptonS	Repton School Registers
	Reunion	Photos of participants who attended the Bostock/Bostwick Reunion in Northwich, Chesh in 2004
	RFCC	Rolls of the Freemen of the City of Chester (internet)
	RHA	Recommendations for Honours and Awards (NationalArchives)
	RIB	Rhode Island Birth Records (Ancestry.com)
	RIM	Rhode Island Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	RLCSLC	Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers & Louisiana Commands (from BNLO 5)
	RMRS	Royal Marines Records of Service (Kew Records Office)
	RND	Royal Naval Division, a section within the National Archives / Documents Online / Family History
	RNDCGW	Royal Naval Division Casualties of the Great War(Ancestry Co)
	RNOSR	Royal Naval Officers Service Records, from Kew Search room
	RNVRSR	Royal Naval Voluntary Service Service Records, from Kew Search room
	RossallS	Rossall School, Lancs Registers
	RPNA	Register of Personal Notices, Australia
	RS	Press releases from the Royal Society
	RSBI	Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
	RSS	Registers of Seamen's Services (British Origins)
	RugbyS	Rugby School Register
	RWPI	Revolutionary War Pension Files
	Ryerson	The Ryerson Index, an internet index with many Australian cemetery records
	SAB	South Australia Birth Registrations
	SAD	South Australia Death Registrations
	SADR	South Africa Death Records (Identitynumber.org)
	SAG	Society of Australian Genealogists (www.sag.org.au)
	SAMR	South Africa Marriage Records (Identitynumber.org)
	SACPD	South Arica, Cope Province Deaths (Ancestry.com)
	SARBI	Soldiers of American Revolution Buried in Illinois
	SA Reg	South Australian Register
	SAusCem	South Australia Cemteries
	SAWW	South African Who's Who
	SBC	Scottish Birth Certificate
	SCBDM	South Carolina Baptist Deaths and Marriages (Ancestry.com)
	SDC	Scottish Death Certificate
	SchoolR	School register
	SDB	South Dakota Births (Ancestry.com)
	SDivI	Scottish Divorce Index
	SDMI	South Dakota Marriages Index (Ancestry.com)
	SGBB	A book titled 'The Starkey Glenn Bostock Book' with many old family photographs, prepared at least in part by Peter Glenn Bostock, and made available courtesy of Kent C. Bostock
	SH	Will records at Principal Registry of the Family Division (used to be at Somerset House, Strand, London)
	SLAVEN	Slave Narratives (Ancestry.com)
	SLCAR	Salt Lake City Archive Record. The Church of Latter Day Saints at Salt Like City holds Archive Records supplied by members of the church, which are available for search.
	SLCCI	Salt Lake City Census Index. From indexes held at the Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Center at Salt Lake City.
	SLCFGR	Salt Lake City Family Group Record. The Church of Latter Day Saints at Salt Like City holds Family Group Records supplied by members of the church, which are available for search.
	SMC	Scottish Marriage Certificate
	SMH	Sydney Morning Herald
	SM&H	Stories, Memories & Histories (Ancestry.com)
	SMLNeth	Book titled "Students of Medicine at Leyden, Netherlands". On the shelves at the Society of Genealogists, London.
	SmythObit	Book titled "Smyth's Obituaries". On the shelves at the Society of Genealogists, London.
	SNA	Book titled "The Church and Parish of St. Nicholas, Abingdon" on the shelves at the Society of Genealogists, London
	SomerC	Records of Somerville College, Oxford
	SSDI	The USA Social Security Death Index
	SSN	The Stars and Stripes Newspaper (Ances.com)
	STED	Records of St Edwards School
	StGregS	Records of St Gregory's School
	StHilda	Records of St Hilda's College, Oxford
	STJOHN	Records of St John's College, Oxford
	StPaulS	Records of St Paul's School
	SW	Surrey Wills
	T623_mmm.nn	Census records for the USA 1900 census. T623_mmm is a tape reference. nn is the page (folio) number. X is A or B according to being a left page or right page.
	T624_mmm.nn	Census records for the USA 1910 census. T624_mmm is a tape reference. nn is the page (folio) number. X is A or B according to being a left page or right page.
	T625_mmm.nn	Census records for the USA 1920 census. T625_mmm is a tape reference. nn is the page (folio) number. X is A or B according to being a left page or right page.
	T626_mmm.nn	Census records for the USA 1930 census. T626_mmm is a tape reference. nn is the page (folio) number. X is A or B according to being a left page or right page.
	T or Times	The Times Newspaper (London). T is usually followed by a date. When the date is in MmmYYYY format these are Birth, Marriage and Death extracts, as indexed on microfilm, taken from the Society of Genealogists, London
	TASB	Tasmania Births (Ancestry.com)
	TasEx	The Examiner, Tasmania
	TBF nn	"The Bostock Family", a document of limited circulation prepared by Anthony J. Bostock c. 1985. nn refers to a page number in this document. NB: Tony has now updated this material, and updated copy may be accessed from this page.
	TD	Trade Directories
	Teach	Teacher Registrations (Society of Genealogists)
	TePukePS	Records of Te Puke Primary School, NZ
	TePukeT dd/mm/yy	The Te Puke Times, Te Puke, New Zealand
	TFC.nn	Booklet titled "Tailors, Flatmen and Carpenters: the Bostock family of Northwich and Leftwich with an account of the medieaval family and its major branches, the Hall and village" by Anthony James Bostock.
	Toronto Star	Extracts from the Toronto Star
	TPI	Tasmania Pioneers Index, available on CDROM at Society of Genealogists, London
	TUN	The Times Union Newspaper (Albany, NY)
	Tuppence	A booklet titled 'Tuppence a Cup' by Barbara J. Parker
	TXB	Texas Birth Records (Ancestry.com)
	TXD	Texas Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	TXM	Texas Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	TXV	Texas Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	UKBMD	the UKBMD website (free access to birth, marriage and death indexes)
	UKD	UK Deaths (Find My Past)
	UKIPL	UK Incoming Passenger Lists (Ancestry.co.uk)
	UKMR	UK Medical Registers (Ancestry.com)
	UKOB	UK Obituaries (Ancestry.com)
	UKOPL	UK Outgoing Passenger Lists (Ancestry.co.uk)
	UppS	Uppingham School Registers
	USACC	United States Navy Aircraft Carrier Muster Rolls (Ancestry.com)
	USAER	United States World War II Army Enlistment Records (Ancestry.com)
	USAOb	United States of America Obituaries (Ancestry.com)
	USAP	United States of Army Personnel (Ancestry.com)
	USBR	United States Banking Records (Ancestry.com)
	USCWD	United States Civil War drafts (Ancestry.com)
	USDR	United States Death Reports of US citizens abroad (Ancestry.com)
	USDRC	United States World War Draft Registration Cards (Ancestry.com)
	USHS	United States Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Ancestry.com)
	USMI	United States Military Index
	USNR	United States Naturalisation Records (Ancestry.com)
	USNewsp	United States Newspaper Records (Ancestry.com)
	USON	United States Obituary Notices (Find My Past)
	USPA	United States Passport Applications (Ancestry.com)
	USPRI	United States Public Records Index (Ancestry.com). This index gives one or more addresses recorded for an individual between 1984 and 2008. The year or month of birth is also often given, and the names of other individuals at the same address.
	USSY	United States School Yearbooks (Ancestry.com)
	USVG	United States Veterans Gravesites (Ancestry.com)
	UTCem	Utah Cemetery Records (Ancestry.com)
	UTD	Utah Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	UTM	Utah Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	UWW	The USA Whos Who
	VACI	Virginia Census Index (Ancestry.com)
	VAD	Virginia Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	VADIV	Virginia Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	VAM	Virginia Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
	Variety	Variety Magazine, published in New York
	VB	Visitations of Berkshire (1566)
	VC nnnn	Visitations of Cheshire for the year nnnn. 1580 was the year when the main Bostock pedigrees were reported. These have been subdivided, see following.
	VCB	Visitations of Cheshire (1580), Bostock of Bostock section, itself based on HMS 1424 and HMS 1505
	VCC	Visitations of Cheshire (1580), Bostock of Churton section, itself based on HMS 1424 and HMS 1505
	VCMo	Visitations of Cheshire (1580), Bostock of Moberley section, itself based on HMS 1424 and HMS 1505
	VCMu	Visitations of Cheshire (1580), Bostock of Moulton section, itself based on HMS 1424
	VER	Victoria Electoral Roll
	VetSch	Veterans Schedules (Ancestry.com)
	VGML	Vicar General Marriage Licence Allegations
	VHBK	Victorian History of Berkshire
	VHS	Vermont Historical Society - in particular a document providing the ancestry of Homer Bostwick
	VicB	Victoria, Australia Birth Records
	VicCem	Victoria, Australia Cemetery Records (internet)
	VicD	Victoria, Australia Death Records
	VicER	Victoria, Australia Electoral Roll Records
	VicM	Victoria, Australia Marriage Records
	VicProb	Victoria, Australia Probate Records
	VicW	Victoria, Australia Wills (Ancestry.com)
	VLon	Visitation of London (1634)
	VS	Visitations of Shropshire (1623)
	VTB	Vermont Birth Records (Ancestry.com)
	VTCem	Vermont Cemetery Records
	VTD	Vermont Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	VTDiv	Vermont Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	VTHM	Vermont Historical Magazine
	VTM	Vermont Marriage Records
	WAD	Washington Death Records (Ancestry.com)
	WADC	Washington Death Certificates (FamilySearch)
	WADIV	Washington Divorce Records (Ancestry.com)
	WAM	Washington Marriage Records (FamilySearch)
	War1812	British aliens in US during 1812 War (Ancestry.com)
	WAusB	Western Australia Birth Records (internet)
	WAusCem	Western Australia Cemetery Records (internet)
	WAusD	Western Australia Death Records (internet)
	WAusM	Western Australia Marriage Records (internet)
	WAusN dd/mm/yyyy	West Australian Newspaper (Perth)
	WBCL	Wisden's Book of Cricketer's Lives
	WC.xxxxxxx	The Rootsweb World Connect Project. xxxxxxx is a reference to the database name, often a number, but may be any user assigned name. For long names the first 10 characters are given. These are freely accessable pages.
	WellC	Wellington College Registers
	WestM	Westminster College Registers
	WFP dd/mm/yyyy	Winnipeg Free Press, with date
	Who nnnn	Who's Who for the year nnnn
	WhoSA	Who's Who in South Africa
	WhosWho	Who's Who
	WIB	Wisconsin Births (Ancestry.com)
	WIDI	Wisconsin Death Index (Ancestry.com)
	WikiT	Information from a Wiki Tree
	Will	Information from a will
	WilMil	Wilmington Millennium (Find My Past)
	WIMI	Wisconsin Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)
	WinchC	Winchester College Registers
	WISB	Wisconsin Birth Records (Ancestry.com)
	WISMP	Wisconsin Men of Progress (Ancestry.com)
	WML	Westminster Marriage Licences, London
	WO97	Public Records Office, Kew, War Office File 97, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents
	WO339	Public Records Office, Kew, War Office File 339, Officer's Services, First World War
	WO363	Public Records Office, Kew, War Office File 363, Soldier's Documents, First World War
	WO364	Public Records Office, Kew, War Office File 364, Soldier's Documents, First World War, from Pensions Claims
	WomensWW	Women's Whos Who
	WVB	West Virginia Birth records (Ancestry.com)
	WVD	West Virginia Death records (Ancestry.com)
	WVM	West Virginia Marriage records (FamilySearch)
	WWAm	Who's Who in America
	WWAust	Who's Who in Australia
	WWINR	World War I Nominal Roll (Australia)
	WWIWRNS	World War I Women's Royal Navy Service (Records at Kew)
	WWTheatre	Whos Who in Theatre (SoG Library)
	WWW	Miscellaneous findings from the World Wide Web
	WW2SM	World War 2 Seamen's Medals (Records at Kew)
	YW	Yorkshire Wills. Wills held at the Borthwick Institute, York.
	ZooW	The book "Zoo on Wheels - Bostock and Wombwell's Menagerie", by Dr. J. L. Middlemas, ISBN 1 870253 10 8, published in 1987 by Dalebrook Publications. See Front cover and Back cover for the front and back covers of this publication.