On 2011/09/22 05:31, Beth wrote: > As for the date that won't change.... I did notice my calendar was lite up > but nothing in it helped but I do know it is not usually lite. Yes, I used > the slash when adding a birth date as '7 Jan 1693/4' but came out as > 1693/94. I have used that form before with no problem. I orginially typed 7 > Jan 1693/94. Typing now and should be: 7 Jan 1694 but goes back to the > 1693/94 each time.
That's correct! In 1752, the calendar as used within the British Empire - and the USA was part of that at that time - changed from the Julian to the Gregorian. Conventionally, dates in the pre-1752 period ran from 25 March to the following 24 March. Thus, after the calendar change, there was a problem in knowing which year a date in January and February was actually in. Was it 1693 or was it 1694. To help people know, a convention of double-dating was devised. This is what you see with a date like 7 Jan 1693/94. The fact that you're entering the date as 7 Jan 1693/4 is neither here nor there, the conventional representation uses two digits for the second year, hence 1693/94. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
