Learning Genealogy Made Easy
You found your ancestor’s obituary. Yay! There’s just one problem. It says that he died “on the 5th inst.” Or what about that marriage announcement you found? The happy couple got married “on the 27th ult.” They sort of look like dates, but what are “inst” and “ult”? Ult. and inst. are abbreviations that refer to months,…
Finding a resource you want to dig into is a great feeling. It’s even better when it has an index! But did you know that not all indexes include every name? Records like deeds and court records can contain the names of numerous people. Sometimes the clerk who created the index didn’t make an entry…