Abbreviations in searchable censuses

The registration standard, HISTFORM, has established a standard set of abbreviations used when transcribing census data.

Here is a an overview of the abbreviations used in the HISTFORM standard.

These are currently not translated to English abbreviations when viewing search results in The Digital Archives, so you may use this list as a key.

For gender

For living situation

For family roles

For civil status

For illness related

For citizenship and ethnicity

For languages

For property