Cy's Database Search Results

How to Read and Interpret the Potts Database Search Results

Given names with a number after them indicate re-use within a family, usually because the earlier-born same-named child died. Only the father's given names are shown since as the surname POTTS is assumed. If the father's surname is not POTTS then it is included in [brackets]. The mother is listed as Maiden Name, Given Names to facilitate searching. An asterisk "*" in the Father and Mother fields indicates that the entry is based solely on census information. The individual's birth date is listed as YYYY MMM DD to facilitate searching. If the date is approximate a ca. (circa) precedes the approximate year. A "b" after the date indicates a baptism or christening. All locations are listed as Country (U.S.A. assumed unless otherwise listed), Region or State, Locality. Spouses (up to three) are listed as Maiden Name, Given Names, again to facilitate searching. Spouse birth/death data may sometimes be found in the Spouse3 fields if they are otherwise unused. The remainder of the information corresponds to the database field names in a similar fashion. Death date notes: "w" indicates date will was proved/probated, "b" indicates date of burial.

• "+" indicates birth/marriage/death was after that year, "-" indicates birth/marriage/death was before that year.
• The field labeled "Issue" contains the number of children produced from the relationship. The relationship can be assumed to be a marriage unless otherwise indicated. Adoptions are indicated in the Comments field.
• The field labeled "Census Info." contains some (but not necessarily all) census reports in which the individual was listed. Listed without a year it indicates a known residence. Additional census information is entered wherever it will fit. 
• The field labeled "Comment" may contain any pertinent information regarding the individual, his/her parents, source of information, etc. Comments sometimes also appear in otherwise unused fields.
• The fields labeled "Ref No." and "Other No." are typically the individual's numerical designation and page number where found in the source (if a publication), or for other sources, a tree or CD number, or secondary source information.

The field labeled "Source" contains the source(s) of the information for the database entry. At the time this explanation was prepared they were (additional source information is often also found in otherwise unused fields):

A correspondent's name - e.g., Smith, Brown, Adams, etc.*
BBW - The Thomas Potts Family of South Carolina by Becky (Bennett) Wallace
BI-VRI - LDS British Isles Vital Records Index (Births or Marriages)
CD-### - Genealogical information on CD-ROM no. ###
CDP - The Family of Charles Dawes Potts by Allen Lee Potts
Cem. - Cemetery information
Census or Cen. - Census data
DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution lineage records
DSW - The Potts Family of Westmoreland, Indiana, and Nearby Counties by Douglas S. Wilson
GWP - A History of the Potts Family, compiled by Geoffrey William Potts, transcript by Barry Douglas Potts
IRAD - Illinois Regional Archives Depository documents
ISGS - Illinois State Genealogical Society documents
JP - Jonathan Potts, 1714-1785, his ancestors and descendants by Joseph J. Reichel
LDS, LDS FHL, LDS FHC - Latter Day Saints Family History Library/Center
Marr.data, Marr.dat, Mar.dta - Marriage Data from published or other sources
MEM - Memorial to Thomas Potts Jr. who settled in Pennsylvania by Mrs. Thomas Potts James [Isabella (Batchelder) James]
NA-VRI - LDS North American Vital Records Index (Births or Marriages)
PBP - The Potts Branch of the Price family tree by John Charles Price
PFG - Potts family genealogical data, LDS Family History Library
PFH - Potts Family History by Clara Ethel Potts
PFM - Potts Family miscellaneous genealogical data by Thos. Maxwell Potts (1907)
PRS - Some of the Ancestors and Other Relatives of Elizabeth Ann Potts and Kenneth Chapman Potts, by Rinehart S. Potts
Qkr - Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy by William Wade Hinshaw
Self - Information from the individual himself/herself
SSDI - Social Security Administration Death Index
TPF - The Potts Family compiled by Thos. Maxwell Potts (1901)
TPS - Thomas Potts (Shield) - And Related Families, compiled by Gloria (Potts) Stracke (1980)
TPSS - Supplement to Thomas Potts [Shield] - And Related Families, comp. by Gloria (Potts) Stracke (1991)
WFT - World Family Tree CD-ROMs, Broderbund Software (now Ancestry.com)

* Correspondent's names and addresses will be released only with their written permission. 

(Rev. November 2005)