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Before 1752 the new year started on 25th March!
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Richard | Report | 8 Sep 2008 15:08 |
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Very common problem when you go back beyond 1750's. Best practice is to record the date with both forms i.e January 21st 1720/21, for example. |
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Geoff | Report | 8 Sep 2008 14:50 |
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I was aware of the change from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar on 2nd Sept 1752 but I have just read on the Nat Arch website that prior to that the new year started on 25th March annually . This presumably means that in Old Parish Registers we have to add a year for events occuring between 1st Jan and 24th March to reach today's equivalent year. For example someone born on, say 20th Feb 1751, would actually have been born on 20th Feb 1752 by todays standard. Has anyone else come across this? |
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