From: Geoff Watson <geoffwatsone@hotmail.com> > Did this one year discrepancy continue towards the end of the century > - I have several such instances in the 1780'8 and 1790's, all in one > parish (Haworth) between January and March.......> I, too, have noticed this occasionally, though not quite as late as that. Certainly, though, in the 1750s and 1760s. The only explanation I can proffer is a very elderly and long-standing, bolshy vicar who refused to accept the new style and continued with the old year long after the calendar changes had taken place! Some were like that and distinctly resented being told how to conduct their parish business. It might be worth trying to find a list of incumbents of Haworth and see whether the man in charge at the time had been there for many years. -- 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