The following event abbreviations are used:

b. = baptism/christened	ct. = date of contract & name of notary	d. = death	f.b. = blessed tomb/buried
i. = cremation	m. = marriage	n. = birth	p/m = godfather/godmother
r. = renewal of marriage	s. = burial/funeral	u. = civil union/common law marriage

The following vocation or status abbreviations are used:

ptre. = priest

rel. = religion

VF = widower

VVE = widow

The following name abbreviations are used:

A.-M. = Anne-Marie	Alb. = Albert	Alb. = Albertine	Alex. = Alexandre
Alex. = Alexandrine	Alf. = Alfred	Alfr. = Alfrédine	Alph. = Alphonse
Ant. = Antoine	Antoi. = Antoinette	Ars. = Arséne	Art. = Arthur
Arth. = Arthémise	Aug. = Auguste	Augu. = Augustin (e)	Bern. = Bernadette
Cath. = Catherine	Céles. = Célestine	Chry. = Chrysologue	Chrys. = Chrysostôme
Chs. = Charles	Clém. = Clémentine	Dém. = Démerise	Desj. = Desjardins
Domin. = Dominique	Ed. = Edouard	Edm. = Edmond	Eliz. = Elizabeth
Em. = Emilienne	Emér. = Emérencienne	Emm. = Emmanuel (le)	Et. = Etienne
Etien. = Etiennette	Eug. = Eugéne	Euph. = Euphrosine	Evang. = Evangéline
Ferd. = Ferdinand	Ferde. = Ferdinande	Fr. = France	Frs. = François
Frse. = Françoise	Gab. = Gabrielle	Gen. = Geneviéve	Geo. = Georges
Geor. = Georgette	Georg. = Georgianna (e)	Grég. = Grégoire	Herm. = Herménégilde
Hon. = Honorius	Hyac. = Hyacinthe	Ign. = Ignace	Isa. = Isabelle
Isid. = Isidore	J. = Joseph (ine)	J.-Bte. = Jean-Baptiste	Jacq. = Jacques
Jacqlne. = Jacqueline	Jn. = Jean	Jne. = Jeanne	Jos. = Joseph (ine)
Jul. = Julien	Just. = Justinien	Léont. = Léontine	Léop. = Léopold
Ls. = Louis	Lse. = Louise	M. = Marie	M.-A. = Marie-Anne
Mad. = Madeleine	Malv. = Malvina	Marcell. = Marcelline	Marg. = Marguerite
Math. = Mathilda (e)	Nap. = Napoléon	Narc. = Narcisse	Naz. = Nazaire
P. = Paul	P.-Em. = Paul-Emile	P.-Et. = Paul-Etienne	Phi. = Philippe
Philo. = Philoméne	Pi. = Pierre	R.-de-L. = Rose-De-Lima	Rol. = Rolande
Schol. = Scholastique	Suz. = Suzanne	Téles. = Télesphore	Théo. = Théophile
Thér. = Thérése	Ths. = Thomas	Ven. = Venantienne	X. = Xavier

The following geographic abbreviations are used:

AB = Alberta Canada	Abi. = Abitibi Canada	AK = Alaska USA
AL = Alabama USA	Alta. = Alberta Canada	AR = Arkansas USA
Arg. = Argenteuil Canada	Arth. = Arthabaska Canada	AZ = Arizona USA
B.C. = Colombie-Britanique Canada	Bce. = Bauce Canada	Bell. = Bellechasse Canada
CA = California USA	Che. = Chemin Canada	Chi. = Chicoutimi Canada
CO = Colorado USA	CT = Connecticut USA	Ct. = Connecticut USA
DC = District of Columbia USA	DE = Deleware USA	East-Prov. = East-Providence Canada
FL = Florida USA	Fred. = Frederic-House Canada	Front. = Frontenac Canada
GA = Georgia USA	Ga. = Georgie USA	HI = Hawaii USA
I.C. = Immaculé Conception Canada	I.J. = Ile-Jésus Canada	I.O. = île d'Orléans Canada
IA = Iowa USA	ID = Idaho USA	IL = Illinois USA
Ill. = Illinois Canada	IN = Indiana USA	K. = Kamouraska Canada
Kam. = Kamouraska Canada	KS = Kansas USA	KY = Kentucky USA
L. = Lac(s) Canada	LA = louisiana USA	Lad. = Ladriére Canada
Lotb. = Lotbiniére Canada	MA = Massachussetts USA	Ma. = Massachussetts USA
Mad. = Madawaska Canada	Man. = Manitoba Canada	Mat. = Matapédia Canada
MB = Manitoba Canada	MD = Maryland USA	ME = Maine USA
Me. = Maine USA	Meg. = Mégentic Canada	MI = Michigan USA
Mi. = Michigan USA	MN = Minnesota USA	MO = Missouri USA
Mont. = Montmagny Canada	MS = Mississippi USA	MT = Montana USA
Mt(s). = Mont (s) Canada	N.B. = Nouveau-Brunswick Canada	N.D. = Notre-Dame Canada
N.D.G. = Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Canada	N.D.S.C. = N.D.-du-Sacré-Coeur Canada	N.H. = New Hampshire USA
N.Y. = New York USA	NB = Nouveau-Brunswick Canada	NB. = Nouveau-Brunswick Canada
NC = North Carolina USA	ND = North Dakota USA	NE = Nebraska USA
New-Jisk. = New-Jiskeard Canada	NF = Terre-Neuve Canada	NH = New Hampshire USA
NH. = New Hampshire USA	Nic. = Nicolet Canada	NJ = New Jersey USA
NM = New Mexico USA	NS = Nouvelle-Écosse Canada	NV = Nevada USA
NY = New York USA	OH = Ohio USA	OK = Oklahoma USA
ON = Ontario Canada	Ont. = Ontario Canada	OR = Oregon USA
PA = Pennsylvania USA	Pack. = Packington Canada	PE = Ile du Prince Édouard Canada
Port. = Portneuf Canada	Q. = Québec (ville) Canada	QC = Québec (province) Canada
Qc. = Québec (province) Canada	Que. = Québec (ville) Canada	R.I. = Rhode Island USA
RI = Rhode Island USA	Riv. = Riviére Canada	Ruis. = Ruisseau Canada
S.C.J. = St-Coeur-de-Jésus Canada	S.C.M. = St-Coeur-de-Marie Canada	S.R.Q. = St-Roch Québec Canada
Sask. = Saskatchewan Canada	Sault-Ste-M. = Sault-Ste-Marie Canada	SC = South Carolina USA
SD = South Dakota USA	Shawin. = Shawinigan Canada	Sher. = Sherbrooke Canada
SK = Saskatchewan Canada	Sm.-Roch-Falls = Smooth-Roch-Falls Canada	Springf. = Springfield Canada
St(e). = Saint (e) Canada	St.E.J. = St-Enfant-Jésus Canada	St.-Fabien-M. = St-Fabien-sur-Mer Canada
St.-Ls.-de-Fr. = St-Louis-de-France Canada	St.-Ls.-Ha!-Ha! = St-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! Canada	St.-Pi.-Du-Sud = St-Pierre-du-Sud Canada
St-Alb.-Gr. = St-Albert-le-Grand Canada	Ste-A.-des-Mts. = Ste-Anne-des-Monts Canada	Ste-Cl.-D'As. = Ste-Claire-D'Assise Canada
Ste-Jne.-D'Arc = Ste-Jeanne-D'Arc Canada	St-Jean Rich. = St-Jean Richelieu Canada	St-Jn.-Chrys. = St-Jean-Chrysostôme Canada
St-Jn.-Port-Joli = St-Jean-Port-Joli Canada	St-Jos.-Lepage = St-Joseph-de-Lepage Canada	St-Pascal-M. = St-Pascal Maizerets Canada
St-Paul-+ = St-Paul-de-la-Croix Canada	St-R.A. = St-Roch-des-Aulnest Canada	St-V.-de-Paul = St-Vincent-de-Paul Canada
Tém. = Témiscouata Canada	Ter. = Terrebonne Canada	Th. = Thedford Canada
Tmi. = Témiscamingue Canada	TN = Tennessee USA	TX = Texas USA
UT = Utah USA	VA = Virginia USA	Vanc. = Vancouver Canada
Ver. = Verdun Canada	VT = Vermont USA	Vt. = Vermont USA
WA = Washington USA	WI = Wisconsin USA	Wi. = Wisconsin Canada
WV = West Virginia USA	WY = Wyoming USA	Yam. = Yamaska Canada

Dates are in DD-MM-YYYY format.  A date like "n. 06, b. 07-03-1686" means "n. 06-03-1686, b. 07-03-1686".  A name like "M.-Madeleine" means "Marie-Madeleine", "J.-Pierre" means "Joseph-Pierre", and "Bte." means "Baptiste".  The number following a name is the generation number with Jean Riou being number 1.  A dash and a number indicate the marriage number when there are multiple marriages for a person.

The following month abbreviations are used:

Jan = January	Feb = February	Mar = March	Apr = April	May = May	Jun = June
Jul = July	Aug = August	Sep = September	Oct = October	Nov = November	Dec = December

In the 2 Rioux genealogy books referenced on the main page, the 3-generation-system format is used (allowing one to go up to the ancestors or down to the descendants) and the listings are sorted alphabetically by (1) the main person's last name, (2) the main person's first name, (3) the main person's middle names, (4) the main person's first spouse's last name, (5) the main person's first spouse's first name, (6) the main person's first spouse's middle name, (7) this marriage's children in chronological order of birth, and finally (8) other marriages of the main person in chronological order and their children.  The following is an example of the 3-generation-system format:

LastName GenerationNumber OptionalNotaryDate&Name
FirstName MarriagePlace MarriageDate Spouse'sLastName Spouse'sFirstName
(Father'sFirstName & Mother'sFirstName Mother'sMaidenName) (Spouse'sFather'sFirstName & Spouse'sMother'sFirstName Spouse'sMother'sMaidenName)

  ChildName (uppercase means that the person is listed as a marriage within the document) and other information
  m. SpouseLastName SpouseFirstName, MarriageDate, MarriagePlace
       " Spouse'sFather'sName & Spouse'sMother'sFirstName Spouse'sMother'sMaidenName,
         Spouse'sParent'sMarriageDate, Spouse'sParent'sMarriagePlace

  ChildName (uppercase means that the person is listed as a marriage within the document) and other information
  m. SpouseLastName SpouseFirstName, MarriageDate, MarriagePlace
       " Spouse'sFather'sName & Spouse'sMother'sFirstName Spouse'sMother'sMaidenName,
         Spouse'sParent'sMarriageDate, Spouse'sParent'sMarriagePlace

There is no particular indication of a religious marriage, a civil marriage, a free union, friendly, etc.

The legal adoption or not of a child is not indicated.