My understanding Sheila is that it means "late" or "former". ie the late Joe Bloggs Paul in Nth Qld, Australia -----Original Message----- From: sct-argyll-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-argyll-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sheila Lafleur Sent: Saturday, 25 October 2008 4:10 AM To: sct-argyll@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARGYLL] VMQUHILL or UMQUHILL Hi list I am trying hard to read some old documents and keep coming around the word VMQUHILL a few times it is written as UMQUHILL . Does anyone on list know what this word means? Thanks Sheila Stewart-Lafleur