> Was the stone mason > unsure of the year????? Before the official change of the beginning of the year from March to January (1752), stones were sometimes transcribed this way.  See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar ... in the paragraph headed 'New Year's Day'. For an online picture of another stone engraved in this way, in Massachusetts, see: http://gravematter.smugmug.com/Massachusetts/Newburyport/Old-Hill-Burying-Ground-est/943936_cHcRJ/1/43275083_zHjpE/Medium Your message doesn't mention the day of the death on the gravestone in Earsdon, but it should be in January, February or March.

Thanks again, the gravesatone did state the date of death it was 2nd day of march 1747/8 so in 'todays' terms that would be 1748 Mike Fairless -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark Todd Sent: 30 September 2009 10:43 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Newsham location ? > Was the stone mason > unsure of the year????? Before the official change of the beginning of the year from March to January (1752), stones were sometimes transcribed this way.  See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar ... in the paragraph headed 'New Year's Day'. For an online picture of another stone engraved in this way, in Massachusetts, see: http://gravematter.smugmug.com/Massachusetts/Newburyport/Old-Hill-Burying-Ground-est/943936_cHcRJ/1/43275083_zHjpE/Medium Your message doesn't mention the day of the death on the gravestone in Earsdon, but it should be in January, February or March. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message