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From: "Clartiere" <>
Subject: Re: [nz] Using Dates in the New DIA Website
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:45:15 +0100
References: <C07FB71975DB4BD09715046B11F5BE7D@KEVIN><fcc5a4c1299be87d26d61ac8112a02dc@ihug.co.nz>


Hi Ian

When this happens it could be because the event itself took place late in
one year, but was registered early in the following year. Many births are
like this.

So in your example, the birth of Alice Maud Fitzherbert was registered in
1878. But she was born 16/11/1877. The method I suggest for finding the date
still works, but you may have to adjust the year to account for the way
registration works.

Best regards
Kevin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Westergaard" <>
To: "New Zealand list" <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nz] Using Dates in the New DIA Website


> Doesn't work for me
>
> In fact if I search births for "Fitzherbert" with the dates 01/01/1877 to
> 31/12/79 I get three hits - two for 1878 and one for 1879, but when I
> change the dates to 01/01/1878 to 31/12/78 I only get one hit and not the
> one I am interested in.
>
> Ian Westergaard
> New Zealand
>
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:14:59 +0100, "Clartiere" <>
> wrote:
>> Whilst there are many shortcomings with the new Online Historical Records
>> website, there is one useful trick with dates.
>>
>> One person made the point that although you have to enter the full date
> in
>> dd/mm/yyyy format, you only get the year in the search results. True, but
>> the DIA has indexed the record on the actual date, so with this website
>> you
>> can find the exact date of birth, marriage, or death.
>>
>> First find the year. Then enter Search From and Search To dates within
>> that
>> year. No need to start from 01/01/yyyy and change one day at a time. Use
> a
>> binary chop method.
>>
>> For example, if you find that an event look place in 1900, try 01/01/1900
>> to
>> 30/06/1900. If not found, try 01/07/1900 to 31/12/1900. This will find
>> which
>> half of the year. Take like and work out which quarter, then which month,
>> week, and day.
>>
>> Works for me every time.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Kevin
>
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