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On 5/11/2012 10:13 AM, Brian/Support wrote: > 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
