EXPLANATIONS
1. When places other than Reading and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all records the original spelling is followed.
3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual might be found under different spellings.
4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the name of both parties. When a marriage appears without the intention recorded, it is designated with an asterisk.
5. Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an item, i.e., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other entries of the record, is bracketed.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a
| age; aged
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| m
| month
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| abt
| about
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| Md
| married
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| b
| born
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| MR
| Middlesex court record
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| bp
| baptized
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| prob
| probably
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| ch
| child
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| s
| son
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| d
| daughter; died; day
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| sr
| senior
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| Dea
| deacon
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| TC
| from town copy
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| dec
| deceased
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| Unm
| unmarried
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| dup
| duplicate entry
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| w
| wife
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| h
| husband; hours
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| wid
| widow
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| inf
| infant
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| widr
| widower
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| int
| intention of marriage
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| y
| year
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| jr
| junior
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CHURCH RECORDS
| CR1
| Congregational Church, North Reading
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| CR2
| Congregational Church, Reading
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| CR3
| Baptist Church, North Reading
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CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1
| Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading
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| GR2
| Park Street Cemetery, North Reading
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| GR3
| Riverside Cemetery, North Reading
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| GR4
| Chestnut Street Cemetery, North Reading
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| WGR
| Wakefield grave record
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