You're both right about wedding dates, but the Birthdate matter is really interesting. I was born in a month with a lower average birthrate, and I have noticed that a number of my ancestors were born in the same month. As a Biolgist, I can't help but wonder if there could be some genetic relationship. Helen Bebenjohn wrote: > > In a message dated 12/14/97 7:00:45 AM, DFGM43A@Prodigy.com wrote: > > <<I have noted that at least two-thirds of my ancestors married on these five > days, all were from Virginia and later, Piedmont North Carolina. > "Planters" worked year round in preparing their fields, seeding, planting, > growing, and harvesting. With the cold winters ahead, food had to be > preserved in various ways. Cold weather brought livestock slaughtering for > their yearly meat supply. Planters had less demanding work to do around the > winter holidays, therefore this was the best time for him and his "lady" to > be married, before the "fields" cycle started all over again. > > Most popular dates: > December 19.... > December 24..... > December....25..... > December 26....... > January 1.... > > Why not study the most popular days and months that your ancestors married > on? Something interesting to do when you can not break down a brick wall, > or when the weather is too "dreary and cold" to do anything outside of the > house? > >> > > Have you thought about checking the birth dates of the children in the family. > This indicates the other aspects of when the weather "is too "dreary and cold" > to do anything outside of the house......" > > ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== > Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list > Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange > GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm