MONTHLY MEETING RECORDS
| altm | allowed letter to marry - when a couple would announce at monthly meeting their intention of marriage, a committee was appointed to investigate "their clearness" and report back to the next monthly meeting, after which time the couple were "left at liberty to marry." |
| appt | appointed |
| att | attend(ed)(ing) |
| b | born |
| bur | buried |
| cert | certificate - a statement issued by a montly meeting to a person (or
persons)
transferring their membership to another monthly meeting. Also a marriage certificate |
| ch | children |
| chm | condemned his or her misconduct |
| comm | committee |
| compl | complained of - a person could be complained of for an act which was contrary to the rules and advices as outlined in the Discipline |
| con | condemned - see chm |
| d | died |
| dec | deceased |
| dis | disowned |
| dp | deviation from plainess of dress and address |
| dr | drinking spiritous liqour to excess |
| drpd | dropped - as dropped from membership. A practice employed for the past seventy-five years in revising the membership list. This action would be taken if the member had ceased to attend meetings for a long period of time. |
| dt | daughter(s) |
| end | endorsed - as a certificate which was addressed to one monthly meeting
would be endorsed and forwarded to another |
| fam | family |
| form | formerly |
| gct | granted a certificate to |
| glt | given a letter to - after about 1875 letters of membership were granted
to
and received from most other Protestant bodies |
| grdt | granddaughter |
| grs | grandson |
| h | husband |
| inf | informed (see rpt) |
| j | joined |
| jas | joined another society, that is, another religious group |
| jASF | joined Anti-Slavery Friends |
| jC | joined Conservative Friends |
| jH | joined Hicksite Friends |
| jMeth | joined Methodists |
| m | marry(ied) |
| mbr | member |
| mbrp | membership |
| mcd | married contrary to discipline - both parties were members of the Society
of Friends and were married by a civil ceremony |
| MH | meetinghouse |
| MM | monthly meeting |
| mou | married out of unity - one of the parties was not a member of the
Society of Friends |
| mtg | meeting |
| na | neglected attendance of meeting |
| PM | preparative meeting |
| prc | produced certificate |
| QM | quarterly meeting |
| rec | receive(d) |
| rec | recorded - as the gift of the ministry was recorded |
| rel | released |
| rem | removed |
| req | request |
| res | residence |
| ret | retained |
| rocf | received on certificate from - a certificate of membership was received
from
another monthly meeting. Usually, but not always, where no state follows the name of the monthly meeting, it is to be assumed that the meeting is located in Indiana. |
| rolf | received on letter from |
| rpt | report(ed) - when a member was found to have acted contrary to the
rules and advices
as outlined in the Discipline, he was reported to (or complained of for) the monthly meeting. The meeting then appointed a committee to treat with him and report their findings. Usually they reported "treated with satisfaction," and he condemned his misconduct. If not it was reported "treated without satisfaction" and he was disowned. Anyone disowned had the right of appeal to the Quarterly Meeting and the Yearly Meeting. |
| rst | re-instated in membership |
| tr | treated - when a complaint was made against a member, he was treated or dealt with for the offence by a committee to endeavor to have him acknowledge his error. |
| s | son(s) |
| us | under care of |
| unm | unmarried |
| upl | using profane language |
| w | wife |
| w/c | with consent of |
| wid | widow |
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