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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: VR Conflicts
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 20:38:21


At 04:20 PM 11/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings.
>
>In comparing some of the WRG data (which I assume is mainly based on
>Pierce)
>to the Vital Records of Watertown (Watertown Records) uploaded to Maiser
>by Peg Sanborn et al,
>there seems to be a two month discrepancy in the earlier listings..
>example:
>
>Joshua(2) s. of John & Elinor.
>WRG - b. 15 Jul 1635
>VR - p. 4, b. 15 5m 1635
>
>Caleb(2) s. of John & Elinor.
>WRG - bur. 12 Jul 1640
>VR - p. 8, bur 12 (5) 1640
>
>Benjamin(2) s. of John & Elinor
>WRG - b. 6 Jun 1643
>VR - p. 11, b. 6 (4) 1643
>
>The VR listing for John, s. of John & Ruth b. 17 Sep 1643 (p. 10) matches.
>After three of the first four listings were consistently 2 months off,
>I thought I'd check and see if I'm missing something here.
>
>Steve Kraus

The apparent discrepancy, which is illusory, is due to the calendar change
of 1752. Before that time, New Years Day was 25 March, not 1 January, so
that March was the first month, not the third. Thus the fourth month was
June, and the fifth was July.

See any large encyclopedia under "Calendar."

Regards,

Robert

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