Hi Tom, Instant means this month, ultimo means the previous month. When I was a legal secretary they were shortened to inst and ult. Cheers, MAGGIE Tom Dickson wrote: >I just meet with a 4th cousin once removed. She has a bunch of newspaper clippings from the 1800's. >Most of them the word INSTANT, like On the 21st instant at 11 Thomaston Street. Others use the word ULTIMO, On the 30th ultimo at Millbrea Terrace. > >Can any one explain the use of these two words in birth, death and marriage announcements in the 1800's > > >Tom > > >==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join >CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >