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From: Robert D Hemphill <>
Subject: Re: Further Info ((ON TIME))
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 08:58:01 -0400


Richard,
Does this help? For me it certainly does. I am taking the liberty of
sending a copy of your e-mail to the LIST WEBMASTERS of the other LIST I am
on. I will let them judge whether to post it or not.

Thanks and best regards, Bob H. ___

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At 08:40 AM 8/9/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello Sue
>
>Here is some further info on the Calendar Changes of 1752.
>We have a vast collection of books in our Library at home, by using and
browsing
>through these books I pick out various little bits, which may interest us
on the
>list.
>
>In 1752 two changes were made in the English Calander. The first was from the
>Julian to the more accurate Gregorian system that had been introduced in
>Catholic countires by Pope Gregory XIII in March 1582.
>A difference of eleven days had accumulated between the systems, so the
change
>necessitated Britains 'Losing' the same eleven days, to bring that about, the
>day following 2 September 1752 was renumbered 14.
>
>The second change, of far greater importance to genealogists, was that the
>commencement of the year was brought forward from 25th March to the
preceding 1
>January.
>This changed January, February and March from being the last months of the
old
>year to the first months of the new year.
>The correct transcription procedure is to use both old and new style for
>example, by copying '5th Februray 1626' as '5th February 1626/7'.
>The months of September, October, November and December, which used to be the
>sevent to tenth months of the year, are sometimes abreviated to the' 7ber,
8ber,
>9ber and 10ber' and must not be mistaken for the present seventh to tenth
months
>, July to October, You will find the 7ber etc used mostly in earlier
registers
>which were written in Latin.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Regards
>Richard James
>
>
>
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