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P. or Pd.	Abbrev.: Paid. see Stamp Duty
Page	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,142916	Census
Palaeography	see Old Handwriting
Pallots Birth Indexes	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,249992	Births
Pallots Marriage Indexes	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,249992	Marriage
Paralysis, General	as 'cause of death', see General Paralysis
Pare ab acter	Latin: brought forward from the previous or another register. (possibly !) http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,296165	Baptism	BMD Records
Parish Clerk	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,243105	Occupation
Parish Clerks, Online	see Online Parish Clerk
Parish Registers	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,54385 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,238339	BMD Records	Registers
Parish Registers, Online	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,230716	Registers
Parish Relief	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,138493 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,318838
Parish, Of this	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,255430
Parkhurst Boys	juvenile convicts transported from Parkhurst Prison to Australia/NZ during the period 1838-1864 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,80510	Emigration
Passim	Latin: in a document or cited section of a document: = occurs often; = is widespread; = is found throughout the document
Pauper	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,204350 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,254311 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,273241
PB	Acronym: Parliamentary Borough http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,238010	Census
PB	Acronym: Private Baptism	Baptism
Pd. or P.	Abbrev.: Paid. see Stamp Duty
Pearly Kings and Queens	see also Cockneys http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,33692	Names
Peculiar Marriage Licence	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,78993 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,202664	Marriage
Pedlar	see Hawkers and Peddlers	Occupation
Pensioner	see Chelsea Pensioner and Greenwich Pensioner	Occupation
Petty Sessions Clerk	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,297673	Occupation
Phthisis pulmonalis	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,31769 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,34978	Death	Medical
Piece	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,142916	Census
Pig Merchant	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,91235	Occupation
Pigot's Directories	Lists of Trades and Gentry http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,11754	Registers
Pilot	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,279556	Occupation
Pilot (river boat)	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,171943 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,180461 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,158793	Occupation
Place Name Origins (Britain)	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,210017	Place Names
Place Names	Category for names of places, administrative units, etc	Place Names
PLG	Acronym: Poor Law Guardian (Irl.) http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,241342
Plymouth Brethren	The Plymouth Brethren are a non-denominational Christian movement which originated in Ireland and England during the 1820s and 1830s. http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,65582	Religious
Poll Books	See: Electoral Rolls	Registers
Poor Law Unions	Commonly known as 'the Workhouse' see =>Useful Links: Workhouses
Poor Relief	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,625232
Posse Comitatus	Militia Lists (Bucks. UK) http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,180963 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,74114	Military
Post Mortem Carte de Visite	"Post-mortem portraits were taken to commemorate the final rite of passage, death itself." http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,265117 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,277813	Death
Post Mortem Inquisitions	(Scot.) see also Deaths in Scotland http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,237176	Death
PR	Acronym: Parish Registers	BMD Records
Pre-1841 Census returns	In general the pre-1841 census returns were only head counts, but sometimes a few names were also recorded. http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,547967 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,632247	Census
Precognition	(Scot.) A preliminary examination of witnesses and others, to determine whether the matter should go to trial. See also Deaths in Scotland http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,144285	Death
Presenting FH Research	RootsChat Topics: Organising and Presenting your Family History http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,158638	FH Presentation
Presentments	"Presentments [of Fornication] were accusations of offences against Ecclesiastical law made by the wardens or chapter quest ..." (Isle of Man) http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,743215	Legal
Primitive Methodists	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,11051	Registers
Private Baptism	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,236486 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,121214 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,4812	Baptism
Procurator Fiscal	(Scot.) Equivalent of Crown Prosecution Servicee (UK); District Attorney (USA) See also Deaths in Scotland	Death
Programs, Family History	See Family History Programs	FH Programs
Prohibitions for Marriages	see Marriage Rules	Marriage
PRONI	Acronym: Public Record Office, Northern Ireland http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,133364
Prostitute	Including various discussions about 'Seamstress', 'Dressmaker' etc. See also Victorian Morality http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,134310 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,161505 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,166718 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,174328	Occupation
Protestation Oath Returns	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,267928	Registers
Public Graves	http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,182872 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,255746	Graves
Puddler	"A puddler was a person who operated a puddling or ball furnace in which pig or scrap iron was refined to produce wrought iron." http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,67429 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,196290 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,339860	Occupation
Puerperal Fever	Childbed Fever, also known as 'milk fever' http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,19236 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,307536	Death	Medical
Pupil Teacher	Replies #11 ff http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,236738	Occupation

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