David, It would seem that you are not familiar with the English quarter days. Historically these are the days on which many accounts had to be settled, especially anything relating to land, property and government administration. The actual day being the last day of each quarter - the first quarter day being 31 March in each year.
It follows that church records were returned to the authorities on each quarter days, including BMDs when appropriate. So the date which is recorded is the quarter in which the event was recorded not the actual date. As Jenny said, this is normally published as eg. March 1852. I actually use cir March 1852, and this is the only use I have for "cir" using any otherwise. This way I can easily tell the registration dates. As usual, I will make it clear that this is just my way, and not a recommendation Ron Ferguson http://www.fergyst.co.uk/ GOONS #530 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
