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Title: Julian and Gregorian Calendars, problems
Post by: g eli on Wednesday 15 October 25 19:45 BST (UK)

I am having problems with births marriages and deaths that occur in  January -March prior to 1752. How should I mark them on my tree, I have births before marriages, deaths before births. I have made notes but this doesn't solve them. Is there a right way to do this?

Title: Re: Julian and Gregorian Calendars, problems
Post by: MollyC on Wednesday 15 October 25 20:26 BST (UK)

The conventional way used by historians is to write the year as e.g. 1746/7, for dates between 1 Jan - 24 Mar.  This means it was written as 1746 at the time but we would think of it as being 1747.

Title: Re: Julian and Gregorian Calendars, problems
Post by: Eyesee on Wednesday 15 October 25 21:26 BST (UK)

Most programs have the option to use double dating. If your program has it it will be in the settings somewhere.

I use Legacy and it is in the Date formatting section.

Ian C

Title: Re: Julian and Gregorian Calendars, problems
Post by: g eli on Thursday 16 October 25 19:24 BST (UK)

Thank you MollyC and IanC for your replies, I use the 46/47 in my written tree but it doesn't help on Ancestry.