Daily AncestorArchd.
Archd. in old records is an abbreviation of the first name Archibald.
Archd. drops the middle of Archibald and keeps its last letter, which clerks often raised above the line. Arch. is a shorter form of the same name.
Indexes may keep the short form as written, so a search for Archibald can miss an Archd. entry. Try both spellings, and look for the name written out in a deed, will or marriage record.
As seen in a recordName column of the 1860 census
Archd. Galbraith, 55, Merchant, Scotland
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