Hi again, I just did a check with Mr. Webster and he agrees.. it means the current month. Norma At 08:39 AM 11/9/2002 -0500, Norma Adams wrote: >Hi, > The letters, inst. means instant. Here's what I found: >inst. = instant (last, as in Wednesday inst.) > >I've been told it means the current month. > >Here's a web site with some abbreviations for genealogy: >http://home.hiwaay.net/~srberry/gene/abbrev.html#OTHER > >Norma from - Middletown, Ohio Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html