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Title: Does the abbreviation "unq" mean unqualified?
Post by: merlinnz on Thursday 21 June 07 04:27 BST (UK)

I have located a strong possibility for an ancestor ont eh edinburgh apprentices register... it states he is son to unq Thomas B, tailor etc etc

Does the unq mean unqualified?

Title: Re: Does the abbreviation "unq" mean unqualified?
Post by: JAP on Thursday 21 June 07 09:12 BST (UK)

It is probably an abbreviation for unquhile/umquhile (alternative spellings) which means deceased.

JAP

Title: Re: Does the abbreviation "unq" mean unqualified?
Post by: merlinnz on Thursday 21 June 07 18:35 BST (UK)

ahhhh, many thanks