karen, It means old style and new style dates. The calendar was changed in the 1700s from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and 11 days were missed as an adjustment. The old [Julian] year for example meant that the year went from March to March so that 10 January 1730 was after March 31 1730. Also the new year which used to start in March now began in January. Jeff SFHG 3646 In a message dated 05/03/2015 21:48:15 GMT Standard Time, sfhg@rootsweb.com writes: Sorry i think i sent to wrong email address. Trying again. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Karen Webster" <news4kaz@gmail.com> Date: 06/03/2015 7:38 AM Subject: Dates in the database To: <sfhg-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: Hi What does it mean in the database when it gives two consecutive years, such as 1699/1700 ? Kind regards Karen Webster. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message