It was in 1582 that the current Gregorian calendar was first introduced as a replacement for the older Julian calendar. That introduction included a jump of 10 days to account for the drift of the Julian calendar ovwerr the centuries.
In terms of the start of the new year, the reason for double dating for the days between 1 Jan and 24 Mar, was that from the 1100's until 1752 the new year started on 25 Mar rather than 1 Jan. It was in 1752 that England converted to the Gregorian calendar and also implemented the new year date as 1 Jan. When a country adopted the Gregorian Calendar and when the year start date changed may be different for other countries but Legacy uses double dating based on the English changes. We do allow you to specify the start date for double dating. Here is the web site where I obtained this information if you want to research further: http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/year-history.html Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 11/05/2012 7:53 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: > Apologies to all > Looks like Double Dating works in Legacy for date range 1582-1752 only, which > is in line with their help file on the subject. > > Alan 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
