Explanations of the Vital Records of Boxborough, MA

EXPLANATIONS

1. When places other than Boxborough or Massachusetts are named in the original records they are given in the printed record.

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 may be found under different spellings.

4. Marriages are printed under the names of both parties. When a marriage has its intention recorded it is designated by 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 the entries of the record, is bracketed.

**ABBREVIATIONS**
a	age; aged	h	husband; hours
abt	about	inf	infant
b	born	int	publishment of intention of marriage
bp	baptized	Jr	junior
bur	buried	m	month
ch	child	md	married
chn	children	s	son
CR	church record	Sr	senior
d	daughter; died; day	unm	unmarried
Dea	deacon	w	wife
dec	deceased	wid	widow
dup	duplicate entry	widr	widower
GR1	North Cemetery	y	year
GR2	South Cemetery