Eliz.

Eliz. is a clerk's shorthand for the given name Elizabeth. Writers shortened common first names to save time and ink, usually by keeping the first letters and the last one or two, often with the final letters raised above the line.

A woman written Eliz. in a baptism may appear with her name in full, or under a nickname, in other records. Search indexes for Eliz. as well as Elizabeth, because many indexers copy the abbreviation exactly as written.