Reggie ult. is abrev. for "ultimo" which is Latin for "last" inst. is abrev. for "instant" which indicates the current close date In a message dated 1/18/1999 9:05:40 PM, reggio@flash.net writes: >I have been reading old 1800s newspapers and find they put in their >obituaries some strange initials. Such as the date maybe 29th. ult or 29th >inst.