While working on some family history research today while writing an article I was frustrated by abbreviations that I find online and in books. So, here comes my soapbox for the day. Please spell out the words. Isn't your family history important enough to do that? If someone is looking for ancestors in a specific state but your abbreviation makes them think it's the wrong state, you may have just missed out on meeting the person who has the family bible.
- NE is the postal abbreviation for Nebraska, not Nevada
- AK is the postal abbreviation for Alaska, not Arkansas
- Do you mean city or county when you state "cty" and this does cause geographic angst.
- Do you and whoever reads your material in the future know the difference between ms, mss, Miss? [In my world, mss is an abbreviation for manuscript; ms is the postal abbreviation for the state of Mississippi, not Massachusetts; and Miss is a designation for a a non-married female]
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