Sheila asked : > I am trying hard to read some old documents and keep coming around the > word VMQUHILL a few times it is written as UMQUHILL Doe s anyone on > list know what this word means? UMQUHILL / UNQUHILE Scots form of the OLd English UMWHILE - formerly, (the) late, previously. also WHILOM - formerly, once, WHILE-ERE - previously, formerly Regards Les