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From: "Horace B. Peele" <>
Subject: Re: Quaker Dating Convention
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 08:18:24 -0500


DAN IS RIGHT. LEAVE THEM ALONE OR ELSE YOU CAN NEVER ALIGN YOUR WORK WITH
SOMEONE ELSES WORK.. EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO CONVERT TO MAKE THING WORK. SO
DON BOTHER TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE. PLEASE.

At 12:33 AM 10/13/96 -0700, you wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't seen this address so far (though I would imagine it's one of
>> those FAQ's) and hope someone will take pity on me and set me straight.
>>
>> The early Quaker's used different dates. I understood that the first
>> month was March, but later learned that the first day was the 25th (!).
>> This makes it *very* difficult to come up with an accurate date of birth,
>> etc.
>>
>> Does anyone have a quick way to convert these dates? Also, when did this
>> form of dating end?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Gail Harvey Budda
>>
>
>Best way to convert dates: don't. Copy them exactly as found. This way you
>can't introduce errors or cmpound the errors of others. Do note which
>calendar is being used, if you know.
>
>When did the change come: depends on where you were. Since the calendar
>change was introduced by the Pope, Catholic countries such as France were
>first to change. They changed in 1582, England and her colonies in September
>1752, Russia in 1919, Greece in 1923, and the Russian Orthodox church still
>uses the old calendar.
>
>If you have web access, there is a good explanation at
>http://www.panix.com/~andria/quaker.html
>
>There is also a discussion at http://www.innerlight.com/genepool/quakcal.htm
>Avoid it. It is confusing when discussing double dating, and is just plain
>wrong in stating "The 1st day of the 11th month (Nov.) 1751 became the 1st
>day of the 1st month (Jan.) 1752." What it should say is that the year 1752
>had only 10 months, beginning 25 March and ending 31 December.
>
>You might also find http://www.earth.com/calendar useful. You can put in a
>year or a month and year in and press enter. It will show a calendar of the
>time you request. It assumes the 1752 calendar change, as took place in
>England and her colonies. To see the actual time England changed calendars,
>put in 9/1752. Note that this program does not convert month numbers
>correctly before the change. But it is still very useful for finding out on
>what day of the week a certain date fell.
>
>--
>Dan Treadway 505 8th #2 Ames IA 50010-6153
>mail me at mailto:
>see a list of my ancestors at: http://www.netins.net/showcase/treadway/
>
>
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