| Abbreviation | Place |
| Ag Ky | Augusta, Kentucky |
| Al, Pa | Alleghanny Co. PA |
| Ala | Alabama |
| Alsac | Alsace Lorraine, Germany |
| Ark | Arkansas |
| Aust | Austria |
| Avist | Aviston |
| Baden, Badn, Bad | Baden, Germany |
| Bav | Bavaria |
| Belg | Belgium |
| Bl Tn | Blunt County, Tennessee |
| Bond | Bond County, Illinois |
| Brees | Breese, town or township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Brks, Brook | Brookside Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| BvCr | Beaver Creek |
| Can | Canada |
| Carl | Carlyle, Illinois, could be town or Township |
| Clem | Clement Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Clint | Clinton County, Illinois |
| Cork | County Cork, Ireland |
| Dami | Damiansville, Clinton County, Illinois |
| D E | Delaware |
| Denm | Denmark |
| E.Fk. | East Fork Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Elsas | Elsas Lorriane |
| Eng | England |
| Eur | Europe |
| France | France |
| Ga | Georgia |
| Germ | Germany |
| Gtwn | Germantown, Clinton County, Illinois – could be town or township |
| Han | Hanover, Germany |
| HanPr | Hanover, Prussia |
| Hesb | Hessenbach, Gy |
| HesCn | Hesse Carne? |
| HesCr | Hesse Caroth? |
| HesDa | Hesse, Darmstadt |
| Hesse | Hesse, Germany |
| High | Highland, Madison County, Illinois |
| HocDa | Hochhein, Darmstadt |
| Holl | Holland |
| Ill | Illinois |
| Ind | Indiana |
| Iowa | Iowa |
| Irel | Ireland |
| Irish | Irishtown Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Jami | Jamestown, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Kent | Kent County, Canada |
| Ky | Kentucky |
| Lake | Lake Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| LkGl | Looking Glass Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Mad N Y | Madison County, New York |
| Mads | Madison County, Illinois |
| Mari | Marion County, Illinois |
| Mass | Massachusetts |
| Md | Maryland |
| M E | Maine |
| Merid, Meri | Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Milh Pr | Milhausen, Prussia |
| Mo | Missouir |
| Mora, Swit | Mora, Switzerland |
| N.Baden | New Baden, Clinton County, Illinois |
| N.Mem | New Memphis, Clinton County, Illinois |
| N.Scot | Nova Scotia |
| N C | North Carolina |
| N J | New Jersey |
| NO, LA | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| N.Y.C. | New York City |
| Ohio | Ohio |
| Okaw | Okaw Precinct, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Old | Oldenburg, Germany |
| Pa | Pennsylvania |
| Phil | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Prus, Pruss | Prussia |
| Qu Md | Queen Ann County, Maryland |
| Quin | Quincy, Illinois |
| R H Ge | Rheinpfalz, Germany |
| Rupp Swit | Rupperschwyl, Switzerland |
| S.Crk. | Sugar Creek Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| S.Fe | Santa Fe Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Saxon | Saxony |
| S C | South Carolina |
| Scot | Scotland |
| St L | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Ster Germ | Sternpreus, Germany |
| StRs | St. Rose town or Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| StRsT | St. Rose Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Switz | Switzerland |
| Tenn, Tn | Tennessee |
| Texas | Texas |
| Trent | Trenton, Clinton County, Illinois |
| U. S. | United States |
| Unk | Unknown |
| Va | Virginia |
| Verm | Vermont |
| Wade | Wade Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Wash | Washington County, Illinois |
| Wheat | Wheatfield Township, Clinton County, Illinois |
| Worth | Worthal? |