Hello Listers, We have just come across this and thought you may wish to see it. Before 1752 (in Britain) the year began on March 25th (Lady Day). Dates between January 1st and March 24th. Such dates are sometimes seen in the form 12 Feb 1696/7. Kind regards Bronwen and David

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hughlock" <David@hughlock.co.uk> To: <CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com>; "0-WESTMORLAND mailing LIST" <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com>; "LANCASHIRE Gen" <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 4:19 AM Subject: [genealogy] [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Before 1752 > Hello Listers, > > We have just come across this and thought you may wish to see it. > > Before 1752 (in Britain) the year began on March 25th (Lady Day). > Dates between January 1st and March 24th. Such dates are sometimes > seen in the form 12 Feb 1696/7. > Ermmm... "(in Britain)" should really read "(in England, Wales and Ireland)". Scotland adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1600. see http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/051228.asp Cheers, Tim Sewell