The Accountancy Ancestors database provides an index to obituaries, portraits and other resources held in the collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service.
The most common abbreviations you will find in the index are listed below.
ACA - Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
ASAA - Associate of the Society of Accountants and Auditors (this body was later known by the names: Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors, Society of Incorporated Accountants)
CA - Chartered Accountant (e.g. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants)
FAA - Fellow of the Central Association of Accountants
FCA - Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
FSAA - Fellow of the Society of Accountants and Auditors (this body was later known by the names: Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors, Society of Incorporated Accountants)
LAA - Licentiate of the Central Association of Accountants
NA - Not applicable
NR - No age at death recorded in the obituary
X - Data not collected at the time of indexing
Explanations for other abbreviations in the qualifications column can be found in our Directory of Accountancy Abbreviations.
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