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Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] Records from 1700s
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:42:44 +1000
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Hi Malcolm,
Sorry I can't help you, but want to pick your brains !
Was New Years Eve 24th March ?
Will you kindly explain the history.
Thanks for your time,
Lyn in Ulladulla

-------- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Ward" <>
Sent: September 01
Re: Records from 1700s

> This probably a bit off-topic but IS related to my Tasmanian ancestors :-)

> I have been looking at English marriage & burial parish records from
1710 - 1730 and would like some guidance on a couple of queries.

> 1) At that time, the year in England ticked over at midnight on 24
March - that is, the day after 24 March 1715 was 25 March 1716.
I'm familiar with expressing such dates in this period as "1712/13", but if
the *original* record has the date 5 February 1710, does this become 1709/10
or 1710/11 ?
Does an original record of 5 June 1720 become 1719/20 or 1720/21?
(I've found a couple of web sites, but can't figure out which way the
years actually go.)

> 2) Burial records are recorded as a date of entry on the left hand
column, say 26 August then text along the lines of "Joe Smith was buried on
the 30th instant....." The day date of the burial was always *after* the
day date of the entry, sometimes up to a week. Does anyone know what is
going on here?

> Thanks & regards

> Malcolm Ward, Hobart Tas
>

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