Carolyn, the OPC site shows the dates on the parish registers. Before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, dates in January, February and most of March would have been at the end of the year rather than at the beginning as they are today. Before 1752, the new year began on 25 March, not 1 January. You have three options for recording January-February-March dates before then: old calendar date - 15 Jan 1720 (OPC style) new calendar date - 15 Jan 1721 both dates - 15 Jan 1720/21 Bob Bolitho On 13/06/2015 6:59 AM, Carolyn Haines via wrote: > HI, Why are the dates a year off between the CFHS and OPC site and which one > is correct? > > I have noticed this for a few years but am finally asking the question. > > Thanks I really do want to know which one is right and why one is different. > > > > Carolyn Haines > > Holt, Michigan 48842 >

thanks Bob I should have remembered that. > Carolyn, the OPC site shows the dates on the parish registers. Before > the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, dates in January, > February and most of March would have been at the end of the year > rather than at the beginning as they are today. Before 1752, the new > year began on 25 March, not 1 January. > > You have three options for recording January-February-March dates > before then: > old calendar date - 15 Jan 1720 (OPC style) > new calendar date - 15 Jan 1721 > both dates - 15 Jan 1720/21 > > Bob Bolitho > > On 13/06/2015 6:59 AM, Carolyn Haines via wrote: >> HI, Why are the dates a year off between the CFHS and OPC site and which one >> is correct? >> >> I have noticed this for a few years but am finally asking the question. >> >> Thanks I really do want to know which one is right and why one is different. >> >>  Carolyn Haines >> >> Holt, Michigan 48842 >> > >   Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842