The month of Messidor and the eleventh year of the French Republic refer to what is called the "Republican Calendar", that's a Calendar instituted following the French Revolution but which lasted only some years. The months of this calendar didn't have the same length as our months etc. so I never tried to remember all this stuff... :-) but I know websites where you can calculate those dates to get them in our calendar dates but those sites are either in French or in German... so you better make a search on internet about the "Republican Calendar" and I'm sure you're going to find a site where you can make the conversion in English. Barbara France ----- Message d'origine ----- De : "Joan Miller" <[email protected]> À : <[email protected]> Envoyé : mercredi 21 août 2002 00:26 Objet : [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Date on birth record > I recently received a copy of a birth record for my great-great > grandfather, Johann KRECHAN, born in the town of Numborn (near > Heusweiler). The date of birth given is: "the twenty-fifty day of the > month of messidor in the eleventh year of the French Republic." Can > anyone tell me what this date is or how to find out? On his tombstone > in Butler County, PA, it gives only the year of his birth as 1801 - is > 1801 the eleventh year of the French Republic and what is the month of > messidor? > > Thank you for any information. > Joan > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe >

Barbara, Thank you very much for this explanation. I ran into this problem when researching one of my lines a few years ago, and then I had to explain why the birthdates were coming up several months apart. Best wishes, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "barbara schnubel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Date on birth record > The month of Messidor and the eleventh year of the French Republic refer to > what is called the "Republican Calendar", that's a Calendar instituted > following the French Revolution but which lasted only some years. The > months of this calendar didn't have the same length as our months etc. so I > never tried to remember all this stuff... :-) but I know websites where you > can calculate those dates to get them in our calendar dates but those sites > are either in French or in German... so you better make a search on internet > about the "Republican Calendar" and I'm sure you're going to find a site > where you can make the conversion in English. > > Barbara > France > > > ----- Message d'origine ----- > De : "Joan Miller" <[email protected]> > À : <[email protected]> > Envoyé : mercredi 21 août 2002 00:26 > Objet : [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Date on birth record > > > > I recently received a copy of a birth record for my great-great > > grandfather, Johann KRECHAN, born in the town of Numborn (near > > Heusweiler). The date of birth given is: "the twenty-fifty day of the > > month of messidor in the eleventh year of the French Republic." Can > > anyone tell me what this date is or how to find out? On his tombstone > > in Butler County, PA, it gives only the year of his birth as 1801 - is > > 1801 the eleventh year of the French Republic and what is the month of > > messidor? > > > > Thank you for any information. > > Joan > > > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > > to unsubscribe > > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe > >

Maybe this will help. According to a reference booklet: Republican Calendar Messidor: Republican Year XI 25th day Gregorian Year 1803 14 July It was mentioned 1801: If 1801 it would be: Republican Year IX 25th day Gregorian Year 1801 14 July Alice barbara schnubel wrote: > > The month of Messidor and the eleventh year of the French Republic refer to > what is called the "Republican Calendar", that's a Calendar instituted > following the French Revolution but which lasted only some years. The > months of this calendar didn't have the same length as our months etc. so I > never tried to remember all this stuff... :-) but I know websites where you > can calculate those dates to get them in our calendar dates but those sites > are either in French or in German... so you better make a search on internet > about the "Republican Calendar" and I'm sure you're going to find a site > where you can make the conversion in English. > > Barbara > France > > ----- Message d'origine ----- > De : "Joan Miller" <[email protected]> > À : <[email protected]> > Envoyé : mercredi 21 août 2002 00:26 > Objet : [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Date on birth record > > > I recently received a copy of a birth record for my great-great > > grandfather, Johann KRECHAN, born in the town of Numborn (near > > Heusweiler). The date of birth given is: "the twenty-fifty day of the > > month of messidor in the eleventh year of the French Republic." Can > > anyone tell me what this date is or how to find out? On his tombstone > > in Butler County, PA, it gives only the year of his birth as 1801 - is > > 1801 the eleventh year of the French Republic and what is the month of > > messidor? > > > > Thank you for any information. > > Joan > > > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > > to unsubscribe > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe

Hello, The french revolutionary calendar, in use from 1793 (year 2 of revolution),until 1805 was divided in the following twelve Months (every month was subdivided in 3 decades, so one month had 30 days. At the end of each year, there were 6 complementary days, used as feast-days. 1 Vendémiaire 2 Brumaire 3 Frimaire 4 Nivôse 5 Pluviôse 6 Ventôse 7 Germinal 8 Floréal 9 Prairial 10 Messidor 11Thermidor 12 Fructidor There are various sites to calculate between the different calendars. Look at: http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ According to this site, your searched date is July, 14, 1803 in our calendar. Ernst Mettlach ----- Original Message ----- From: barbara schnubel <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:35 AM Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Date on birth record > The month of Messidor and the eleventh year of the French Republic refer to > what is called the "Republican Calendar", that's a Calendar instituted > following the French Revolution but which lasted only some years. The > months of this calendar didn't have the same length as our months etc. so I > never tried to remember all this stuff... :-) but I know websites where you > can calculate those dates to get them in our calendar dates but those sites > are either in French or in German... so you better make a search on internet > about the "Republican Calendar" and I'm sure you're going to find a site > where you can make the conversion in English. > > Barbara > France > > > ----- Message d'origine ----- > De : "Joan Miller" <[email protected]> > À : <[email protected]> > Envoyé : mercredi 21 août 2002 00:26 > Objet : [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Date on birth record > > > > I recently received a copy of a birth record for my great-great > > grandfather, Johann KRECHAN, born in the town of Numborn (near > > Heusweiler). The date of birth given is: "the twenty-fifty day of the > > month of messidor in the eleventh year of the French Republic." Can > > anyone tell me what this date is or how to find out? On his tombstone > > in Butler County, PA, it gives only the year of his birth as 1801 - is > > 1801 the eleventh year of the French Republic and what is the month of > > messidor? > > > > Thank you for any information. > > Joan > > > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > > to unsubscribe > > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe >

http://ramsesgen.online.fr/fr/ramcal.htm a freeware in French to convert from any calender to any calender and know the weekday of a given date.