> Would any/all of you familiar with the handwriting and boiler-plate > of English documents of the 1695-1710 period PLEASE have a look at > this one? > > One Thomas Crissop died, and this document appears in the records of > the Ainsty of York. We thought he died 1701; this is in the 1700 > records which began in January 1700. 4th entry down the image. > > I need 2nd and 3rd opinions, as my consultants here disagree. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/1700/ > > Same document, two resolutions; 1700a is the larger but MAY not have > completely uploaded; 1700b I know finished uploading properly. I do > have the original tiff file, and a larger jpg but rootsweb keeps > dropping the connex at just over 50% complete. > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> Keep in mind that 1700 is in that period where double dating occurred based on which calendar was used. Between January 1 and March 'something' (I believe) may be given as January 1 1700, January 1 1701 or January 1 1700/01. Eventually everyone using the modern calendar gave January 1 as the beginning of the year. Patrick Patrick Eagan <PatrickEagan@REMOVETHISbellsouth.net>