Hi Richard, This information came from a book at ancestry.com. It is free online right now at www.ancestry.com Just click on new data bases then click on the book title named below, type in the surname you want and voila. I think that the 1880 you noticed should indeed be 1780 after all he died well before 1880. That was the way it was written and I did copy and paste. The books at ancestry have some atrocious typists ha ha. As far as the ultimo. I'm not sure what that means. If you find out would appreciate your letting me know. Other dates I've seen also use the word instant. Could ulitomo and instant mean month before or that month? One of the deaths mentioned a couple before his was for the month of Sept. If anyone knows what the words ultimo or instant means can ya help us out and let us know. Cheryl White [email protected] http://www.angelfire.com/me/geneal ICQ #7239631 IM Cheryl gen ---------- > From: Richard O'Neill <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ONEALL-L] From ancestry.com > Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 10:51 PM > > > Cheryl, > > I'm very interested in this posting as I think you have uncovered an > ancestor of mine. Can you double check the date he "entered the > mercantile business." Could it be 1780? Also, if the date of the > article is 11-10-1848, in what month did he die (...the 18th ultimo...)? > > Thank you for the reference! > > Richard O'NEILL (AKA Richard "O") > San Antonio, TX > [email protected]