The GRD Abbreviations

For use in columns for Province/State etc. and Nation/Land

COUNTRIES
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Australia AUS
 Austria OES
 Belarus (Belorussia) BRS
 Belgium BEL
 Canada CAN
 Croatia CRO
 Czechoslovakia CS
 Czech Republic CZR
 Denmark DEN
 England ENG
 Estonia EST
 Finland FIN
 France FRA
 Germany (1991) BRD
 German Old Empire GER
 		Greece GR
 Hungary HU
 Ireland (Eire) IRL
 Isle of Man IOM
 Italy ITL
 Latvia LAT
 Liechtenstein LIE
 Lithuania LIT
 Luxembourg (Land) LUX
 Netherlands NL
 New Zealand NZ
 Norway NOR
 Papua New Guinea PNG
 Poland POL
 Portugal PT
 		Rep. South Africa RSA
 Romania RO
 Russia RUS
 Scotland SCT
 Slovakia SLK
 Slovinia SLO
 Soviet Union (USSR) SU
 Spain (Espagne) ESP
 Sweden SWE
 Switzerland CH
 Ukraine UKR
 United Kingdom UK
(see ENG, SCT, IRL, WLS)
United States
Wales WLS
 Yugoslavia YU
Australia (AUS)

Aus. Capital Territory ACT
New South Wales NSW
Northern Territory NT
Queensland QLD
South Australia SA
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC
Western Australia WA

 Austria (OES)

Burgenland BUR
Karnten (Carynthia) KAR
Neiderosterriech NOE
Oberosterreich OOE
Salzburg SLZ
Steiermark (Styria) STY
Tirol (Tyrolia) TIR
Voralburg VOR
Wein (Vienna) WIE

 Belgium (BEL)

Antwerpen ATW
Brabant BBT
Heinaut HNT
Liege LGE
Limburg LBG
Luxenbourg (Prov.) LXM
Namur NMR
Oost-Vlaanderen OVL
West-Vlaanderen WVL

Canada (CAN)

Alberta ALB
British-Columbia BC
Manitoba MAN
New Brunswick NB
Newfoundland NFD
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ONT
Prince Edward Island PEI
Quebec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
Yukon Territory YUK

 England (ENG)

Bedfordshire BDF
Berkshire BRK
Buckinghamshire BKM
Cambridgeshire CAM
Cheshire CHS
Cornwall CON
Cumberland CUL
Derbyshire DBY
Devon DEV
Dorset DOR
Durham DUR
Essex ESS
Gloucestershire GLS
Hampshire HAM
Herefordshire HEF

 England (ENG) (cont.)

Hertfordshire HRT
Huntingdonshire HUN
Kent KEN
Lancashire LAN
Leicestershire LEI
Lincolnshire LIN
London LND
Middlesex MDX
Norfolk NFK
Northamptonshire NTH
Northumberland NBL
Nottinghamshire NTT
Oxfordshire OXF
Rutland RUT
Shropshire SAL

England (ENG) (cont.)

Somerset SOM
Staffordshire STS
Suffolk SFK
Surrey SRY
Sussex SSX
Warwickshire WAR
Westmoreland WES
Wiltshire WIL
Worcestershire WOR
Yorkshire YKS
YKS East Riding ERY
YKS North Riding NRY
YKS West Riding WRY

UK Islands

Alderney ALD
Channel Islands CHI
Guernsey GSY
Isle of Man IOM
Isle of Wight IOW
Jersey JSY
Sark SRK

 France (FRA)

Alsace ALS
Aquitaine AQU
Auvergne AUV
Bourgogne BRG
Bretagne BRT
Centre CEN
Champagne CHA
Corse CRS
Franche-Conte FC
Languedoc LGD
Limousin LMS
Lorraine LOR
Midi-Pyrenees MP
Nord NOR
Normandie (Basse) BN
Normandie (Haute) HN
Pays de la Loirre PL
Poitou-Charentes PCH
Provence-Cote d’Azur PCA
Region Parisienne RPA
Rhone-Alpes RHA

German Empire (GER)

Anhalt ANH
Baden BAD
Bayern (Bavaria) BAV
Berlin BLN
Brandenburg BRA
Braunshweig (Brunswick) BSW
Bremen BRM
Elsass-Lothr. (Alsace-Lorraine) ELO
Ghzm. Hessen (Gr. Dukedom Hesse) GHE
Hamburg HBG
Hannover HAN
Hessen-Nassau HEN
Hohenzollern HOH
Kgr. Sachsen (Kingdom Saxony) KSA
Lippe LIP
Lubeck LUE

German Empire (GER) cont.

Mecklenburg MEK
M.-Schwein MSW
M.-Streliz MST
Oldenburg OLD
Ostpreussen (East Prussia) OPR
Pommern (Pommerania) POM
Posen POS
Preussen allg. (Prussia gen.) PRE
Prov. Sachen (P. of Saxony) PSA
Pyrmont PYR
Reuss (beide) REU
Rheinprovinz RPR
Sachsen-Atenburg SAB
S.-Coburg-Gotha SCG
S.-Meiningen SME
S.-Rudostadt SRU
S.-Sonderhausen SSO
S.-Weimar SWE

German Empire (GER) cont.

Schaumburg-Lippe SLP
Schlesien (Silesia) SIL
Scheswig-Holstein SHO
Thuringen THU
Waldeck WAL
Westfalen WEF
Westpreussen (West Prussia) WPR
Wurttemburg WUE

Germany 1991 (BRD)

Baden-Wurttemburg BAW
Bayern, Freistaat (Bavaria) BAY
Berlin BLN
Brandenburg BRA
Bremen BRE
Hamburg HBG
Hessen (Hesse) HES
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern MEV
Niedersachen NSA
Nordrhein-Westfalen (Nth Rhine Westphalia) NRW
Rheinland-Pfatz (Rhineland Palatinale) RPF
Saarland SAA
Sachsen-Anhalt SAN
Sachsen, Freistaat SAF
Schleswig-Holstein SHO
Thuringen THU

 Ireland (IRL)

Antrim ANT
Armagh ARM
Carlow CAR
Cavan CAV
Clare CLA
Cork COR
Derry DRY
Donegal DON
Down DOW
Dublin DUB
Fermanagh FER
Galway GAL
Kerry KER
Kildare KID
Kilkenny KIK
Leitrim LET
Leix (Queens) LEX

Ireland (IRL)

Limerick LIM
Londonderry LDY
Longford LOG
Louth LOU
Mayo MAY
Meath MEA
Monaghan MOG
Offaly (Kings) OFF
Roscommon ROS
Sligo SLI
Tipperary TIP
Tyrone TYR
Waterford WAT
Westmeath WEM
Wexford WEX
Wicklow WIC

Netherlands (NL)

Drenthe DRN
Flevoland FLE
Friesland FRI
Gelderland GEL
Groningen GRO
Limburg LMB
Noord-Brabant NBT
Noord-Holland NOH
Overijssel OIJ
Utrecht UTR
Zeeland ZEL
Zuid-Holland ZUH

Scotland (SCT)

Aberdeen ABD
Angus ANS
Argyll ARL
Ayr AYR
Banff BAN
Berwick BEW
Bute BUT
Caithness CAI
Clackmannon CLK
Dumfries DFS
Dunbarton DNB
East Lothian ELN
Fife FIF
Inverness INV
Kincardine KCD
Kinross KRS
Kirkcudbright KKD
Lanark LKS

 Scotland (SCT) cont.

Midlothian MLN
Moray MOR
Nairn NAI
Orkney OKI
Peebles PEE
Perth PER
Renfrew RFW
Ross & Cromarty ROC
Roxburgh ROX
Selkirk SEL
Shetland SHI
Stirling STI
Sutherland SUT
West Lothian WLN
Wigtown WIG

Switzerland (CH)

Aargau AG
Appenzell A.Rh AAR
Appenzell I.Rh AIR
Basel-Landschaft BL
Basel-Stadt BS
Bern BE
Freiburg FR
Geneve (Genf) GE
Glarus GL
Graubunden GR
Jura JU
Luzern LU
Neuchatel/Neuenburg NEU
Nidwalden NW
Oberwalden OW
Sankt Gallen SG
Schaffhausen SH
Schwyz SZ
solothurn SO
Tessin TI
Uri UR
Waad (Vaud) VD
Wallis (Valais) VS Zug ZG
Zurich ZH

United States (USA)

Alabama AL
Alaska AK
Arizona AZ
Arkansas AR
California CA
Colorado CO
Connecticut CT
Delaware DE
Dist. Of Columbia DC
Florida FL
Georgia GA
Hawaii HI
Idaho ID
Illinois IL
Indiana IN
Iowa IA
Kansas KS
Kentucky KY
Louisiana LA

United States (USA) cont

Maine ME
Maryland MD
Massachusetts MA
Michigan MI
Minnesota MN
Michigan MI
Minnesota MN
Mississippi MS
Missouri MO
Montana MT
Nebraska NE
Nevada NV
New Hampshire NH
New Jersey NJ
New Mexico NM
New York NY
North Carolina NC
North Dakota ND
Ohio OH

United States (USA) cont

Oklahoma OK
Oregon OR
Pennsylvania PA
Rhode Island RI
South Carolina SC
South Dakota SD
Tennessee TN
Texas TX
Utah UT
Vermont VT
Virginia VA
Washington WA
West Virginia WV
Wisconsin WI
Wyoming WY

Wales (WLS)

Anglesey AGY
Brecknockshire BRE
Caernarvon CAE
Cardiganshire CGN
Carmarthen CMN
Denbighshire DEN
Flintshire FLN
Glamorgan GLA
Merioneth MER
Monmouthshire MON
Montgomeryshire MGY
embroke PEM
Radnorshire RAD

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