Until 1752 the year ran from March 25. So the months counted from March to February. Hence September was the seventh month of the year. But how did they count the second appearance of March? The only time that I have seen this directly in parish records, the notation was only used for those four months (eg 7er, 8er) with the others named "normally".
Jack -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dmw246 Sent: 20 December 2004 06:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Impossible date: Here's another analysis. If these records are in latin, I find that sometimes the date is in shorthand. 7bry is September (since Sept is from seven). This can look like an abbreviation of February, but it is not. This shorthand is also used for other months: 8bry is October, 9bry is November, Xbry is December. I was told that the reason the numbers don't match our current ordering is because July and August were added in the middle to honor Julius and Augustus Caeser. Does anybody know more about this? Dee San Diego On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:53:33 -0600, Robert Carneal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, folks, have any of you encountered impossible dates? > > I have two impossible dates birth dates.I obtained birth certificates for me > to check the original person's work which the person quoted correctly, but > the dates are non-existent. They are: > 1858-FEB-29 > and also > 1859-FEB-29 > > And neither is a leap year, which Legacy correctly and rightly knows! Since > I want Legacy to be able to compute ages and do timelines, I am tempted to > enter 1858-MAR-01 and 1859-MAR-01 (one calendar day date later) and just > explain the dang thing away in notes and show the certificate. Since I am > talking about the 29th day of Feb (one day after the 28th of Feb), it seems > ok to use Mar 1, instead. But the source says otherwise Feb 29, and I > probably will end up submitting xeroxes of sources. > > If I use what the source says, then the age calculations are all fouled up, > for these people anyway. I am wondering what your opinion is on how to > professionally do this? I may be submitting this to a genealogical > organization, so I want to be accurate. If I quote impossible dates, it may > get questioned. If I misquote a source and make it Mar 1 instead, it might > get questioned as well, even if I explain it in notes. > > Do any of you know of a professionally accepted way to handle this? > > A few of us think this came up before, but I don't remember what the > consensus was. Anyone recall the discussion and what was finally decided? I > didn't see it in Archives. > > Thank you for your time. > > Robert > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
