David, Yes, but like I said, it's not Legacy's problem what other companies do. At least Legacy has tried
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 David Abernathy <da...@schmeckabernathy.com> wrote: >Ron, >Then don't you think that ALL of these companies should be using the " March >1852" format" instead of having several versions? > >Thanks, >David C Abernathy >Email disclaimers >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com >== All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] >Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 1:47 PM >To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates > >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 > > > > > >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 > > 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
