Bourton & District

Counties

Information about the local area where you ancestors came from can be found in County record office and local libraries.
GENUKI provides information on counties and parishes.
Local Directories provide information for towns and villages as well as showing some of the residents.
Local Newspapers contain reports of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Obituaries as well as personal news items.

The standard abbreviations for counties are shown below.
ABBREVIATION COUNTY COUNTRY
ABD Aberdeenshire Scotland
ALD Alderney Channel Islands
AGY Anglesey Wales
ANS Angus Scotland
ARL Argyllshire Scotland
AVN Avon England
AYR Ayrshire Scotland
BAN Banffshire Scotland
BDF Bedfordshire England
BRK Berkshire England
BEW Berwickshire Scotland
BOR Borders Scotland
BRE Breconshire Wales
BKM Buckinghamshire England
BUT Bute Scotland
CAE Caernarvonshire Wales
CAI Caithness Scotland
CAM Cambridgeshire England
CGN Cardiganshire Wales
CMN Carmarthenshire Wales
CEN Central Scotland
CHS Cheshire England
CLK Clackmannanshire Scotland
CLV Cleveland England
CWD Clwyd Wales
ANT Co. Antrim Northern Ireland
ARM Co. Armagh Northern Ireland
CAR Co. Carlow Ireland
CAV Co. Cavan Ireland
CLA Co. Clare Ireland
COR Co. Cork Ireland
DON Co. Donegal Ireland
DOW Co. Down Northern Ireland
DUB Co. Dublin Ireland
DUR Co. Durham England
FER Co. Fermanagh Northern Ireland
GAL Co. Galway Ireland
KER Co. Kerry Ireland
KID Co. Kildare Ireland
KIK Co. Kilkenny Ireland
LEX Co. Laois Ireland
LET Co. Leitrim Ireland
LIM Co. Limerick Ireland
LDY Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland
LOG Co. Longford Ireland
LOU Co. Louth Ireland
MAY Co. Mayo Ireland
MEA Co. Meath Ireland
MOG Co. Monaghan Ireland
OFF Co. Offaly Ireland
ROS Co. Roscommon Ireland
SLI Co. Sligo Ireland
TIP Co. Tipperary Ireland
TYR Co. Tyrone Northern Ireland
WAT Co. Waterford Ireland
WEM Co. Westmeath Ireland
WEX Co. Wexford Ireland
WIC Co. Wicklow Ireland
CON Cornwall England
CUL Cumberland England
CMA Cumbria England
DEN Denbighshire Wales
DBY Derbyshire England
DEV Devon England
DOR Dorset England
DGY Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
DFS Dumfries-shire Scotland
DNB Dunbartonshire Scotland
DFD Dyfed Wales
ELN East Lothian Scotland
ERY East Riding of Yorkshire England
SXE East Sussex England
ESS Essex England
FIF Fife Scotland
FLN Flintshire Wales
GLA Glamorgan Wales
GLS Gloucestershire England
GMP Grampian Scotland
GTM Greater Manchester England
GSY Guernsey Channel Islands
GNT Gwent Wales
GWN Gwynedd Wales
HAM Hampshire England
HWR Hereford and Worcester England
HEF Herefordshire England
HRT Hertfordshire England
HLD Highland Scotland
HUM Humberside England
HUN Huntingdonshire England
INV Inverness-shire Scotland
IOW Isle of Wight England
JSY Jersey Channel Islands
KEN Kent England
KCD Kincardineshire Scotland
KRS Kinross-shire Scotland
KKD Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland
LKS Lanarkshire Scotland
LAN Lancashire England
LEI Leicestershire England
LIN Lincolnshire England
LTN Lothian Scotland
MER Merionethshire Wales
MSY Merseyside England
MGM Mid Glamorgan Wales
MLN Midlothian Scotland
MON Monmouthshire Wales
MGY Montgomeryshire Wales
MOR Morayshire Scotland
NAI Nairn Scotland
NFK Norfolk England
NRY North Riding of Yorkshire England
NYK North Yorkshire England
NTH Northamptonshire England
NBL Northumberland England
NTT Nottinghamshire England
OKI Orkney Scotland
OXF Oxfordshire England
PEE Peebles-shire Scotland
PEM Pembrokeshire Wales
PER Perth Scotland
POW Powys Wales
RAD Radnorshire Wales
RFW Renfrewshire Scotland
ROC Ross and Cromarty Scotland
ROX Roxburghshire Scotland
RUT Rutland England
SRK Sark Channel Islands
SEL Selkirkshire Scotland
SHI Shetland Scotland
SAL Shropshire England
SOM Somerset England
SGM South Glamorgan Wales
SYK South Yorkshire England
STS Staffordshire England
STI Stirlingshire Scotland
STD Strathclyde Scotland
SFK Suffolk England
SRY Surrey England
SSX Sussex England
SUT Sutherland Scotland
TAY Tayside Scotland
TWR Tyne and Wear England
WAR Warwickshire England
WGM West Glamorgan Wales
WLN West Lothian Scotland
WMD West Midlands England
WRY West Riding of Yorkshire England
SXW West Sussex England
WYK West Yorkshire England
WIS Western Isles Scotland
WES Westmorland England
WIG Wigtownshire Scotland
WIL Wiltshire England
WOR Worcestershire England
YKS Yorkshire England