Abbreviations for French record sources

k8holm

I'm trying to figure out what sources were used in some online trees. Below is one example:

françois carlier, dcd le 08/03/1730 AD pdc page 582

mariage avec hardy barbe le 06/04/1687 : AD pdc page 125/931

I'm guessing that dcd is French shorthand for dod, date of death, but what do dcd, AD, and pdc stand for? I've found other family records in the Archives du Nord, but research would be faster if I understood the abbreviations. Thank you.

karenrasmussen

@k8holm Would it be possible to post the URL where you are viewing these abbreviations?

karenrasmussen

@k8holm Could this help? https://books.google.fr/books?id=x8MOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Dictionary of Latin and French abbreviations used in ...By Alphonse Chassent as found on google books

matthieucrouet

dcd = décédé (dead)

AD = Archives départementales (Departmental Archives)

Pdc = Pas-de-Calais (A department in the North of France)