Does anyone have a good explanation as to how the early friends meetings reckoned dates.It is my understanding that their fiscal year started in March as the first month of the year.Being the first month was it called March or January?It can be very confusing when records show different birth dates for the same person (usually 3 months apart and sometimes a different year).I also understand that at a later time they tried to correct the records and many errors crept in. Did all monthly meetings follow the same rules? Lew Smedley

The following URL is included on the Chester Co site....that I mention in your Welcome email....under Quaker Info,....... http://www.illuminatrix.com/andria/quaker.html this was not practiced by certain Quakers, but ALL Friends, wherever they were. There is also some confusion when dealing with the Gregorian Calender http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/GregorianCalendar.htm Part of the problem arises because people try to 'convert' Quaker dates to 'regular' ones, and they get it wrong! I really feel it's best to just accept the Quaker date as is, and forget trying to change it....too many errors. Sandra "Does anyone have a good explanation as to how the early friends meetings reckoned dates." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006