I found this very interesting and thought the subscribers to the lists
might as well.
Sandra Tipton
From: Mercer County Monitor (Ohio) April-June 1999
What Do Those Initials Mean?
Initials after your ancestor's names may provide useful information
that you'd not expected. The following list includes initials you may
come across when reading old wills or other documents.
a.a.s. died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae)
d.s.p. died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima)
d.s.p.l. died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole
mascula supesita)
d.s.p.m.s. died without surviving male issue (decessit sine
prole mascula supersita)
d.s.p.s died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole
supersita)
d.unm died unmarried
d.v.p. died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris)
d.v.m. died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris)
Et al and others (et alia)
Inst present month (instans)
Liber book or volume
Nepos grandson
Nunc Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness
Ob he/she died (obit)
Relict widow or widower (relicta/relictus)
Sic so or thus, exact copy as written
Testes witnesses
Utl late (ultimo)
Ux or vs wife (uxor)
Viz namely (videlicet)