Hi, The other months have a normal name (in French:Janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août). Here what I found in Rootsweb archives: << In ancient Rome, BC, they only had ten months, of which the first six had a name: Januarius, Februarius, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius. The next ones only had a number: seven, eight, nine, ten, but in Latin of course: septem, octo, novem, decem. At one time they decided that they actually needed twelve months, and they named these months after some of their famous emperors: Julius and Augustus. Logically, these named months were placed after the other named months: Januaris, Februarius, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Julius, Augustus, but this also meant that the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th month moved up two places. Therefore the seventh month actually became the ninth, the eight the tenth, etc. In earlier times, and still early in this century, many people, especially those who had still learned Latin, wrote the abbreviated forms: - 7ber = September means 7th month, but is actually the 9th - 8ber = October means 8th month, but is actually the 10th - 9ber = November means 9th month, but is actually the 11th - 10ber = december means 10th month, but is actually the 12th In some cases you may also find Roman numerals used: VIIber , VIIIber, IXber, Xber The "ber" is usually in superscript. The ending -ber becomes -bre in French >> I hope that this clarify a bit.... Ewald ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2011/8/6 Carolyn J Thomas <[email protected]> > > Ewald, thanks for sending this it is very helpful. Could you list the > rest of > the months. I write all of this stuff in a book which helps me so very > much > when I am "trying" to read records. > > Walk in peace, > > Linn > > >> Used in civil records to say months: > >> 7bre = Sept. > >> 8bre = Oct. > >> 9bre = Nov. > >> 10bre or Xbre = Dec > >> Ewald > >