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Re: Tex Beneke - My Cousin??
Posted by: Hugh Adams (ID *****8954) Date: July 22, 2008 at 20:01:12
In Reply to: Re: Tex Beneke - My Cousin?? by Tanya Lang of 56224

It's birthplaces. The first one is for the individual, the second one is where his father was born and the third for the mothers birthplace.
Usually the two letters are state abbreviations. WI is Wisconsin. KS is Kansas, etc.
Counties are usually three letters or are spelled out.

Here's a little chart I created for the CA birth/death indexes. It may be jumbo'ed up.

CALIFORNIA DEATH RECORDS 1940-1997 BIRTHPLACE ABBREVIATION LIST

ABBR PLACE (STATE/COUNTRY) NRECS | ABBR PLACE (STATE/COUNTRY) NRECS
AK ALASKA 4285 | NC NORTH CAROLINA 31073
AL ALABAMA 60275 | ND NORTH DAKOTA 55247
AR ARKANSAS 195360 | NE NEBRASKA 163748
ASI OTHER ASIA 2575 | NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 12410
ASI SOUTHWEST ASIA 1396 | NIR NORTHERN IRELAND 21
AUT AUSTRIA 10322 | NJ NEW JERSEY 71280
AZ ARIZONA 65578 | NLD NETHERLANDS 4595
BEL BELGUIM 1669 | NM NEW MEXICO 54808
CA CALIFORNIA 1918039 | NOR NORWAY 7510
CAM CENTRAL AMERICA 2311 | NV NEVADA 21016
CAN CANADA 146505 | NY NEW YORK 333809
CHE SWITZERLAND 5735 | OTC OTHER COUNTRY 910743
CHN CHINA 62838 | OTC REST OF WORLD 22181
CO COLORADO 126676 | OH OHIO 246272
CSK CZECHOSLOVKIA 3850 | OK OKLAHOMA 233550
CT CONNECTICUT 33802 | OR OREGON 77285
CUB CUBA 11020 | PA PENNSYLVANIA 255421
DC DIST. OF COLUMBIA 8457 | PAK PAKISTAN 8
DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1490 | PHL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 8458
DE DELAWARE 3661 | PHL PHILIPPINES 47332
DEU GERMANY 29860 | POL POLAND 13184
DNK DENMARK 7999 | PR PUERTO RICO 11510
ENG ENGLAND 31438 | PRT PORTUGAL 3509
ESP SPAIN 4517 | RI RHODE ISLAND 17678
FIN FINLAND 3635 | ROM RUMANIA 3665
FL FLORIDA 19299 | RUS RUSSIA 10785
FRA FRANCE 6738 | SAM SOUTH AMERICA 2450
GA GEORGIA 47142 | SC SOUTH CAROLINA 16336
GRC GREECE 6861 | SCT SCOTLAND 11507
GUM GUAM 1848 | SD SOUTH DAKOTA 64452
HI HAWAII 28082 | SUN USSR 26310
HUN HUNGARY 7814 | SWE SWEDEN 14685
IA IOWA 281580 | TN TENNESSEE 84034
ID IDAHO 40049 | TX TEXAS 384900
IL ILLINOIS 449161 | U? COMPLETELY UNKNOWN 6752
IN INDIANA 164449 | U? UNKNOWN 69251
IND INDIA 117 | U? UNKNOWN NATIVITY 4443
IRL IRELAND 13352 | USA UNKNOWN- SOMEWHERE IN US 135
ITA ITALY 45890 | USP OTHER OUTLYING POSSESIONS 222
JPN JAPAN 32361 | USP OTHER U.S. POSSESIONS 368
KS KANSAS 229066 | UT UTAH 76211
KY KENTUCKY 84382 | VA VIRGINIA 37029
LA LOUISIANA 129137 | VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 50
MA MASSACHUSETTS 117263 | VI VIRGIN ISLANDS 195
MC! MISCODED 2799 | VNM VIETNAM 10390
MD MARYLAND 24515 | VT VERMONT 12834
ME MAINE 25378 | WA WASHINGTON 94587
MEX MEXICO 298696 | WI WISCONSIN 143647
MI MICHIGAN 172446 | WIN WEST INDIES 2379
MN MINNESOTA 179804 | WLS WALES 1437
MO MISSOURI 352084 | WV WEST VIRGINIA 38782
MS MISSISSIPPI 71479 | WY WYOMING 18398
MT MONTANA 44917 | YUG YUGOSLAVIA 7080



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