Ever wonder what certain words, codes, or abbreviations mean when browsing documents?
Here's Ancestry's "Glossary of Genealogical Terms":
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Glossary-of-genealogical-terms?fbclid=IwAR01gTVuMuZtQwh6XHqgR09Wk1ej-JBkW8w_8sJybuEKmsWzaQPRv0wSHuA
I've long wondered why on earth they ever needed to abbreviate the name JOHN by using Jno. REALLY?
I searched for hours once looking for records of my GG-Gramps John Coffee. He was hiding behind a misspelling and that silly abbreviation. Hence, my keyword search of databases didn't bring up either.
-- Yes, you got that right. I do not know how to code or turn that awful line of gibberish in the above URL into a proper link. Blah, blah...the electric fence