[Genealib] Census Relationship

[Sandy Day]

Amber
I don't know if this helps but according to my genealogy dictionaries the word Ab is Latin for "from" so maybe it refers to the son or daughter being from (father's name). This is all I could find.
Sandy Day
Genealogy Librarian
Schiappa Library
Steubenville OH
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  From: Amber Clark 
  To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:56 PM
  Subject: [Genealib] Census Relationship


  Hello, everyone,

   

  I have been wondering about and unsuccessfully searching for a while for a census abbreviation I do not recognize. I have checked census enumerator instructions, various books, and several websites with no result, so I am posting my question here in the hope (and expectation) that some of you will know.

   

  I am looking for the meaning of the abbreviation "ab" or "AB." In the records I have seen, the term usually precedes or follows the relationship of son or daughter. At first I thought that this could mean that the child was adopted, but can someone tell me definitively what it means? Thanks in advance for all of your help!

   

  Amber L. Clark

  Local History Archivist

  Henderson County Public Library

  101 South Main Street

  Henderson, Kentucky 42420

  (270) 826-3712

  aclark at hcpl.org

   



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