Dear Listers, As a young Land Agent the firm I worked for managed two Agricultural Estates owned by the same family, one in Derbyshire the other in the West Riding. The Agricultural Tenancy Agreements always commenced on 25th March (Lady Day) in Derbyshire but in the West Riding it was 6th April (Old Lady Day). This was in the period 1955 to 1961 and was obviously a relic of the Calendar changes Roy explained. John Earnshaw -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roy Stockdill Sent: 31 December 2007 13:13 To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] Which is correct? IGI or English Parish Registers Dear Listers Further to my explanation of the calendar changes of 1752, I have been perusing a substantial number of parish registers on an Ancestry CD to see whether I could find any interesting or curious entries as a result. This is not from Yorkshire but Nottinghamshire. However, it appears on the same CD as the Yorkshire West Riding records..... Benjamin COW, blacksmith, 38, bachelor, and Hannah PARKER, both of the parish of St Nicholas, Nottingham, took out a licence to marry on 2nd September 1752 (Nottinghamshire marriage licence abstracts). They married at St Nicholas, Nottingham, on Sep 14 1752, according to the registers. This date also appears in the IGI (private submission). In fact, they married the very next day after getting the licence, since in 1752 Sept 2 was followed immediately by Sep 14 ! I have often wondered if anyone has any occurrences from the non- existent period Sep 3-Sep 13 1752 in their records? Did any incumbents ignore the fact that 11 days were lost and insert the dates that never officially existed? Since we know that there were some vicars who stuck to the Old Style year, it seems possible there were a few who, whether by accident, forgetfulness or design, inserted the wrong dates in September! -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi well in the old calander the year ended in March (why October and December are so named 8 th and 10th) SO to drive us all mad many private persons used the old calender in the private correspondence or found in the first few years Which always put Jan Feb. and March in the year before. In the transfer to the new Calender and moving the start of the year to January, we had a year only nine months long. therefore to ungo the problems associated with the change over many modern people try to hold to the modern calender. Which now is universal for dating events. Counties often where in both different months and at times different years. regards Terry Norway. > From: john@earnshaw3073.freeserve.co.uk > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 10:21:58 +0000 > Subject: Re: [WRY] Which is correct? IGI or English Parish Registers > > Dear Listers, > As a young Land Agent the firm I worked for managed two Agricultural Estates > owned by the same family, one in Derbyshire the other in the West Riding. > The Agricultural Tenancy Agreements always commenced on 25th March (Lady > Day) in Derbyshire but in the West Riding it was 6th April (Old Lady Day). > This was in the period 1955 to 1961 and was obviously a relic of the > Calendar changes Roy explained. > John Earnshaw > > -----Original Message----- > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roy Stockdill > Sent: 31 December 2007 13:13 > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WRY] Which is correct? IGI or English Parish Registers > > Dear Listers > > Further to my explanation of the calendar changes of 1752, I have been > perusing a substantial number of parish registers on an Ancestry CD to > see whether I could find any interesting or curious entries as a result. > > This is not from Yorkshire but Nottinghamshire. However, it appears on > the same CD as the Yorkshire West Riding records..... > > Benjamin COW, blacksmith, 38, bachelor, and Hannah PARKER, both of > the parish of St Nicholas, Nottingham, took out a licence to marry on 2nd > September 1752 (Nottinghamshire marriage licence abstracts). > > They married at St Nicholas, Nottingham, on Sep 14 1752, according to > the registers. This date also appears in the IGI (private submission). > > In fact, they married the very next day after getting the licence, since in > 1752 Sept 2 was followed immediately by Sep 14 ! > > I have often wondered if anyone has any occurrences from the non- > existent period Sep 3-Sep 13 1752 in their records? Did any incumbents > ignore the fact that 11 days were lost and insert the dates that never > officially existed? Since we know that there were some vicars who stuck > to the Old Style year, it seems possible there were a few who, whether by > accident, forgetfulness or design, inserted the wrong dates in September! > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/