Now I see. Thank you so much for this history lesson. Is there any way to know when the various churches (like St Guillaume) changed from Catholic to Protestant? all the best, Paul On Dé Domhnaigh, 4 Meán Fómhair, 2011, at 13:25, [email protected] wrote: > Also, remember Alsace didn't adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1648. > Which would coincide with The Peace of Westphalia, when Protestant Alsace > became a possession of Catholic France. Any dates you have in 1648 in > Alsace you'd want to be very careful with. There's probably an 11 or 12 > day gap in there somewhere. > > Ergo the clerk was right it was a Thursday and the date you have is a > Julian date. > > Brian > > On Sun, September 4, 2011 8:26 am, Ralf Stamporek wrote: >> Well, >> you already received an answer. But let me point it >> out. >> Yes, you are right looking at a Gregorian calender >> (Monday). >> No, you are wrong looking at a Julian calender >> (Thursday). >> >> Regards, >> Ralf Stamporek >> >> --- Original Nachricht --- >> von Paul Carr >> am 04.09.2011 14:53 >>> I have a 1609 birth record for a Maria Weissensteiger that seems to say >>> Donnerstag 28 Sept. >>> >>> However, 28 Sept in 1609 was not on a Thursday, as far as I can tell >>> from calendars on the web. >>> > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message