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    2. Hi all If I may. I have for over 20 years been reading about the date problem. Really there isn't one. One of the wise people I have ever know, gave me some advice when I started with my Quaker roots. Cheska said "Record the dates as you find them. Don't change them, and don't transform them. They where right when they where record." In other words what she meant was, when the date was written down, either before 1752 or after, the date was correct for when it was written. Most of the genealogy programs allow you record the dates as a number, so use this options and when it is printed, there will be no correction. The research I am doing now, in Ireland is yielding dates such as "The child was born 5 days past the 1st Sabbath 2 yelds ago 1401" I just wrote it in the memo field. I have to tell you, if I spent time trying to figure out all of them, I would still be on the same person... The point is, sometimes it is better to record the information as is and continue working. Your cuz in time Glee

    01/12/2005 11:46:46