Conchita, Thank you so very much for your prompt reply! Lila > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:07:51 -0700 > From: conchita1021@yahoo.com > To: cuba@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CUBA] Writing of dates > > In Cuba, we used the format day, month, year so the date would have been 2 de mayo, 1913. Note that the months in Spanish are not capitalized > > Conchita Gutiérrez Cuesta > Miami, Fl. USA > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Lila Garner <lilagarner@hotmail.com> > >To: cuba@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:27 PM > >Subject: [CUBA] Writing of dates > > > > > >Dear Listers, > > > >I'm trying to establish the exact date a postcard was written in 1913. The writer was born in 1887 and educated in Cuba. He wrote 2-5-1913. > > > >Considering the time frame and his Cuban education, is this 2 May 1913 or 5 February 1913? > > > >Thanks for your help! > > > >Lila > > > >========================================== > >To reply to a message from the surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not directly to the list. > >~~~~~~ > >Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a la lista. > >========================================== > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CUBA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ========================================== > To reply to a message from the surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not directly to the list. > ~~~~~~ > Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a la lista. > ========================================== > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CUBA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message