| A few years ago,
when we were stumped by a string of letters in a historical article
that we eventually deduced was an abbreviation for the name of an
organization -- a lodge, in this case -- an individual belonged to,
we had a difficult time finding out what it stood for. We
wrote that one down for future reference, and then we wrote down
another, and another, and, before we knew it, we had the makings of
a list of organizations that were (or are) known by their initials
or an abbreviation.
It occurred to us that, if we had
this problem, there was little doubt that other people did as well.
As a result, we decided to put our list online. We were right.
People do need to do this kind of lookup occasionally, and we are
providing a helpful service.
to view the PDF file of our
list of
organizations, old ones and ones that are still in existence
today, that are or were known and referred to principally (or
frequently) by their initials or an acronym.
If you haven't a clue what
E.O.M.A. was, or whether you would be more apt to join the I.O.D.
(or, perhaps, eat it for dinner), this frequently updated PDF file
is for you.
Simply click on
list of
organizations to see it! It's a free tool for historians
and genealogists from Between the Lakes Group. (The current version
is 2.13, updated 12/17/09) |
