I ran across this little tidbit while Googling something.. never knew this before but now many old dates that I've seen suddenly make sense (a little anyways) Please note that in colonial times (until 1752) the calendar year did not change until March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation), therefore a date such as March, 11 1683 (in its day) would be considered March 11, 1684 by standards used today (new years day = Jan 1) - You may see some dates listed as March 11, 1683/4. This shows both old and new style. Only dates between Jan 1 and Mar 25 and before 1752 are affected. Also in 1752, the date after Sept 2, 1752 became Sept 14, 1752.

Great point, Faye. And please note that the Dutch (and everyone else) changed calendars much earlier than the English did... I just found an Albany NY document which refers to 04 Sep 1682 "old style". Wikipedia has an article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar Janet -------------- Original message from "faye rees" <[email protected]>: -------------- > I ran across this little tidbit while Googling something.. never knew this > before but now many old dates that I've seen suddenly make sense (a little > anyways) > > > > Please note that in colonial times (until 1752) the calendar year did not > change until March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation), therefore a date such as > March, 11 1683 (in its day) would be considered March 11, 1684 by standards > used today (new years day = Jan 1) - You may see some dates listed as March > 11, 1683/4. This shows both old and new style. Only dates between Jan 1 and > Mar 25 and before 1752 are affected. Also in 1752, the date after Sept 2, > 1752 became Sept 14, 1752.