Your Woodbury / Ober Family Web Site
Legend 
Abbreviations within the notes for each person.
- b. = Birth
- d. = Death
- m. = Married
- bp. = Baptized
- int. = Intentions
- jr. = Junior
- abt. = About
- wid. = Widow
- widr. = Widower
- y. = year
- AE. or ae. = Age
- P.R.[#] = Refers to a Personal Record which is usually a Bible Record
- CT. R. = Court Record
Abbreviations Specific To Beverly, Essex, MA.
- Beverly V.R. = Beverly, Mass. Vital Records
- C.R.1 = Church Records from First Parish Unitarian Church
- C.R.2 = Church Records from Second Congregational Church
- C.R.3 = Church Records from Dane Street Congregational Church
- C.R.4 = Church Records from Fourth Congregational Church
- C.R.5 = Church Records from Washington Street Congregational Church
- C.R.6 = Chruch Records from First Baptist Church
- G.R.1 = Headstone Record Ancient Burying Grounds, Abbott Street
- G.R.2 = Headstone Record Dodge's Row Burying Ground
- G.R.3 = Headstone Record Ancient North Beverly Cemetery
- G.R.4 = Headstone Record Hale Street Cemetery (Now Called Beverly Central Cemetery)
- G.R.5 = Headstone Record Green Family Burying Ground
- G.R.6 = Headstone Record North Beverly Meeting House Cemetery
- G.R.7 = Headstone Record Private Burying Ground, Elliott Street, Danvers, MA.
Abbreviations Specific To Gloucester, Essex, MA. {pronounced Gloss-ter}
- Gloucester V.R. = Gloucester, Mass. Vital Records
- C.R.1 = Church Records from First Parish
- C.R.2 = Church Records from West Parish, at West Gloucester
- C.R.3 = Church Records from Third Parish, at Annisquam
- C.R.4 = Church Records from Fourth Parish
- C.R.5 = Church Records from Fifth Parish, at Sandy Bay
- C.R.6 = Chruch Records from Free and Independent Church (Universalist)
- C.R.7 = Church Records from Trinity Congregational Church
- C.R.8 = Church Records from Methodist Episcopal Church
- C.R.9 = Church Records from Evangelical Congregational Church
- C.R.10 = Church Records from Baptist Church
- G.R.1 = Headstone Record Bridge Street Cemetery
- G.R.2 = Headstone Record Bay View Cemetery
- G.R.3 = Headstone Record Seaside Cemetery at Lanesville
- G.R.4 = Headstone Record Ancient Cemetery at West Gloucester
- G.R.5 = Headstone Record Oak Grove Cemetery
- G.R.6 = Headstone Record Sumner St. Cemetery at West Gloucester
- G.R.7 = Headstone Record Wesleyan Cemetery, at Riverdale
- G.R.8 = Headstone Record Washington Cemetery
- G.R.9 = Headstone Record Mt. Adnah Cemetery at Annisquam
- G.R.10 = Headstone Record Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at East Gloucester
- G.R.11 = Headstone Record Cherry Hill Cemetery
- G.R.12 = Headstone Record Universalist Yard (private)
- G.R.13 = Headstone Record High Street Cemetery
- G.R.14 = Headstone Record Folly Cove Cemetery at Rockport
Worcester is pronounced = Wister or Wooster
Peabody is pronounced = Pee buh dee {never pee body}
Nashua is pronounced = Nah shoe uh
Haverhill is pronounced = Hay ver ill
Plaistow is pronounced = Plass toe
Tewksbury is pronounced = Tooks berry
Tyngsboro is pronounced = Tings burrow
Billerica is pronounced = Bill rikka
Methuen is pronounced = Meth ou in {ou sound as in you}
Reading is pronounced = Redding
Contoocook is pronounced = Con took ook