Basics on Chapman County Codes
The following codes are used internationally (and on our website) to identify the most common states, counties and provinces. A broader list is published annually in the Genealogical Research Directory (GRD), available from our bookshop.
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| County | Code | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen, SCT | ABD | ||
| Alabama, USA | AL | ||
| Alaska, USA | AK | ||
| Alberta, CAN | ALB | ||
| Alderney, CHI | ALD | ||
| Anglesey, WLS | AGY | ||
| Angus, SCT | ANS | ||
| Antrim, IRL | ANT | ||
| Argyll, SCT | ARL | ||
| Arizona, USA | AZ | ||
| Armagh, IRL | ARM | ||
| Australia | AUS | ||
| Australian Capital Territory, AUS | ACT | ||
| Ayr, SCT | AYR | ||
| Banff, SCT | BAN | ||
| Bedfordshire, ENG | BDF | ||
| Berkshire, ENG | BRK | ||
| Berwick, SCT | BEW | ||
| Brecknockshire, WLS | BRE | ||
| British Columbia, CAN | BC | ||
| Buckinghamshire, ENG | BKM | ||
| Bute, SCT | BUT | Back to top | |
| Caernarvon, WLS | CAE | ||
| Caithness, SCT | CAI | ||
| California, USA | CA | ||
| Cambridgeshire, ENG | CAM | ||
| Canada | CAN | ||
| Cardiganshire, WLS | CGN | ||
| Carlow, IRL | CAR | ||
| Carmarthen, WLS | CMN | ||
| Cavan, IRL | CAV | ||
| Channel Islands, UK | CHI | ||
| Cheshire, ENG | CHS | ||
| Clackmannan, SCT | CLK | ||
| Clare, IRL | CLA | ||
| Colorado, USA | CO | ||
| Connecticut, USA | CT | ||
| Cork, IRL | COR | ||
| Cornwall, ENG | CON | ||
| Cumberland, ENG | CUL | ||
| Delaware, USA | DE | ||
| Denbighshire, WLS | DEN | Back to top | |
| Derbyshire, ENG | DBY | ||
| Derry, IRL | DRY | ||
| Devon, ENG | DEV | ||
| District of Columbia, USA | DC | ||
| Donegal, IRL | DON | ||
| Dorset, ENG | DOR | ||
| Down, IRL | DOW | ||
| Dublin, IRL | DUB | ||
| Dumfries, SCT | DFS | ||
| Dunbarton, SCT | DNB | ||
| Durham, ENG | DUR | ||
| East Lothian, SCT | ELN | ||
| East Riding, YKS | ERY | ||
| Elginshire (MOR), SCT | ELG | ||
| England | ENG | ||
| Essex, ENG | ESS | ||
| Fermanagh, IRL | FER | ||
| Fife, SCT | FIF | ||
| Flintshire, WLS | FLN | ||
| Florida, USA | FL | Back to top | |
| Forfarshire (ANS), SCT | FOR | ||
| Galway, IRL | GAL | ||
| Georgia, USA | GA | ||
| Glamorgan, WLS | GLA | ||
| Gloucestershire, ENG | GLS | ||
| Guernsey, CHI | GSY | ||
| Haddingtonshire (WLN), SCT | HAD | ||
| Hampshire, ENG | HAM | ||
| Hawaii, USA | HI | ||
| Herefordshire, ENG | HEF | ||
| Hertfordshire, ENG | HRT | ||
| Huntingdonshire, ENG | HUN | ||
| Idaho, USA | ID | ||
| Illinois, USA | IL | ||
| Indiana, USA | IN | ||
| Inverness, SCT | INV | ||
| Iowa, USA | IA | ||
| Ireland | IRL | ||
| Isle of Man | IOM | ||
| Isle of Wight, HAM | IOW | Back to top | |
| Jersey, CHI | JSY | ||
| Kansas, USA | KS | ||
| Kent, ENG | KEN | ||
| Kentucky, USA | KY | ||
| Kerry, IRL | KER | ||
| Kildare, IRL | KID | ||
| Kilkenny, IRL | KIK | ||
| Kincardine, SCT | KCD | ||
| Kinross, SCT | KRS | ||
| Kirkcudbright, SCT | KKD | ||
| Lanark, SCT | LKS | ||
| Lancashire, ENG | LAN | ||
| Leicestershire, ENG | LEI | ||
| Leitrim, IRL | LET | ||
| Leix (Queens), IRL | LEX | ||
| Limerick, IRL | LIM | ||
| Lincolnshire, ENG | LIN | ||
| Linlithgowshire (ELN), SCT | LLG | ||
| London, ENG | LND | ||
| Londonderry, IRL | LDY | Back to top | |
| Longford, IRL | LOG | ||
| Louisiana, USA | LA | ||
| Louth, IRL | LOU | ||
| Maine, USA | ME | ||
| Manitoba, CAN | MAN | ||
| Maryland, USA | MD | ||
| Massachusetts, USA | MA | ||
| Mayo, IRL | MAY | ||
| Meath, IRL | MEA | ||
| Merioneth, WLS | MER | ||
| Michigan, USA | MI | ||
| Middlesex, ENG | MDX | ||
| Midlothian, SCT | MLN | ||
| Minnesota, USA | MN | ||
| Mississippi, USA | MS | ||
| Missouri, USA | MO | ||
| Monaghan, IRL | MOG | ||
| Monmouthshire, WLS | MON | ||
| Montana, USA | MT | ||
| Montgomeryshire, WLS | MGY | Back to top | |
| Moray, SCT | MOR | ||
| Nairn, SCT | NAI | ||
| Nebraska, USA | NE | ||
| Nevada, USA | NV | ||
| New Brunswick, CAN | NB | ||
| New Hampshire, USA | NH | ||
| New Jersey, USA | NJ | ||
| New Mexico, USA | NM | ||
| New South Wales, AUS | NSW | ||
| New York, USA | NY | ||
| New Zealand | NZ | ||
| Newfoundland, CAN | NFD | ||
| Norfolk, ENG | NFK | ||
| North Carolina, USA | NC | ||
| North Dakota, USA | ND | ||
| North Riding, YKS | NRY | ||
| North West Territory, CAN | NWT | ||
| Northamptonshire, ENG | NTH | ||
| Northern Territory, AUS | NT | ||
| Northumberland, ENG | NBL | Back to top | |
| Nottinghamshire, ENG | NTT | ||
| Nova Scotia, CAN | NS | ||
| Offaly (Kings), IRL | OFF | ||
| Ohio, USA | OH | ||
| Oklahoma, USA | OK | ||
| Ontario, CAN | ONT | ||
| Oregon, USA | OR | ||
| Orkney, SCT | OKI | ||
| Oxfordshire, ENG | OXF | ||
| Peebles, SCT | PEE | ||
| Pembroke, WLS | PEM | ||
| Pennsylvania, USA | PA | ||
| Perth, SCT | PER | ||
| Prince Edward Island, CAN | PEI | ||
| Quebec, CAN | QUE | ||
| Queensland, AUS | QLD | ||
| Radnorshire, WLS | RAD | ||
| Renfrew, SCT | RFW | ||
| Rhode Island, USA | RI | ||
| Roscommon, IRL | ROS | Back to top | |
| Ross & Cromarty, SCT | ROC | ||
| Roxhurgh, SCT | ROX | ||
| Rutland, ENG | RUT | ||
| Sark, UK | SRK | ||
| Saskatchewan, CAN | SAS | ||
| Scotland | SCT | ||
| Selkirk, SCT | SEL | ||
| Shetland, SCT | SHI | ||
| Shropshire, ENG | SAL | ||
| Sligo, IRL | SLI | ||
| Somerset, ENG | SOM | ||
| South Australia, AUS | SA | ||
| South Carolina, USA | SC | ||
| South Dakota, USA | SD | ||
| Staffordshire, ENG | STS | ||
| Stirling, SCT | STI | ||
| Suffolk, ENG | SFK | ||
| Surrey, ENG | SRY | ||
| Sussex, ENG | SSX | ||
| Sutherland, SCT | SUT | Back to top | |
| Tasmania, AUS | TAS | ||
| Tennessee, USA | TN | ||
| Texas, USA | TX | ||
| Tipperary, IRL | TIP | ||
| Tyrone, IRL | TYR | ||
| United Kingdom | UK | ||
| United States of America | USA | ||
| Utah, USA | UT | ||
| Vermont, USA | VT | ||
| Victoria, AUS | VIC | ||
| Virgin Islands | VI | ||
| Virginia, USA | VA | ||
| Wales | WLS | ||
| Warwickshire, ENG | WAR | ||
| Washington, USA | WA | ||
| Waterford, IRL | WAT | ||
| West Lothian, SCT | WLN | ||
| West Riding, YKS | WRY | ||
| West Virginia, USA | WV | ||
| Western Australia, AUS | WA | Back to top | |
| Westmeath, IRL | WEM | ||
| Westmorland, ENG | WES | ||
| Wexford, IRL | WEX | ||
| Wicklow, IRL | WIC | ||
| Wigtown, SCT | WIG | ||
| Wiltshire, ENG | WIL | ||
| Wisconsin, USA | WI | ||
| Worcestershire, ENG | WOR | ||
| Wyoming, USA | WY | ||
| Yorkshire, ENG | YKS |