Soards' New Orleans Directory Abbreviations           Orleans Parish, LA

Submitted by:  Millie Burgett            mburgett@tcac.net

Source:  Soards' New Orleans City Directory
         Louisiana Division, Main Branch
         New Orleans Public Library
         Also available through the Family History Center

Updated:  April 2002

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Note:  In transcribing the city directories for the Orleans Parish Rootsweb
site, some of these abbreviations were abbreviated (believe it or not) to make
the lines shorter.  However, most of these changes are obvious, such as c. for cor., b. for bet., or n. for nr.

Soards' New Orleans Directory Abbreviations

agt. - agent                                           nw. - north-west
al. - alley                                            opp. - opposite
asst. - assistant                                      pl. - place
av. - avenue                                           P. O. - post-office
bds. - boards                                          pres. - president
bet. - between                                         prin. - principal
bkpr. - bookkeeper                                     propr. - proprietor
bldg. - building                                       r. - residence
cash. - cashier                                        Rev. - reverend
clk. - clerk                                           rd. - road
com. mer - commission merchant                         S. or s. - south
cor. - corner                                          sec. - secretary
dep. - deputy                                          se. - south-east
dist. - district                                       ss. - south-side
E. or e. - east                                        st. - street
es. - east-side                                        sw. - south-west
gen'l. - general                                       supt. - superintendent
lab. - laborer                                         trans. - transportation
mnfr. - manufacturer                                   treas. - treasurer
N. or n. - north                                       W. or w. - west
ne. - north-east                                       ws. - west-side
ns. - north-side                                       wid. - widow