the change from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian. It suddenly occurred to me this morning that people in my tree who died hundreds of of years ago were not actually born in the months that we know them to be now.
Even more disturbing was the fact that when I looked up the date change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar that it was not implemented immediately by all Countries and that there was a gap of nearly 500years in a lot of Countries before they changed to the Gregorian calendar..... the one we use today.
The time frame we are looking at is Oct 4th( Julian) Oct15th(Gregorian) 1582 in Italy to the last country to change being Romania in 1919.
The Great Britain and its colonies then didn't change until Sept 14 1752. And in the USA there were three dates: British Colonies 1752, Spanish colonies 1584, and Alaska Oct 18 1867.
I have shown a chart of the Countries and varying dates the calendar changed. The link is:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/utilit
I myself have ancestors who date back before these dates, and now I must consider as to how I actually show the dates to be correct.
Your comments please, and how the serious researchers reading this will be trying to rectify the difference.I wonder how many family tree researchers consider the change of dates,months because of.....?Yes I know what you mean but you can go crazy trying to keep track of who died when and converting it to our Calendar.I wonder how many family tree researchers consider the change of dates,months because of.....?Your right I am just about to research mine and didn't think of this, then everything past a certain time is often very difficult to find, I hope you can find the rest of your ancestors with some digging and good luck!
Useful link many thanks and Happy Yule xI wonder how many family tree researchers consider the change of dates,months because of.....?there are articles concerning this, and they mainly affect events happening DURING THE TRANSITION. Events that happened 200 yrs prior to the transition are entered as they were recorded at the time of the actual event. They are not adjusted to %26quot;fit%26quot; today's calendars. YOU need to match to your source document, and if applicable, add note that it was affected.
In all honesty.. MOST current researchers will not do anything with it at all. Far too many consider research to be copying the conclusions of someone else, and never confirming that the source of the info is correct. Nor do they understand how/ when persons are using an estimate (married in 1790, then the estimate of birth used is 1770.. and no record is known to back it up). Or, you have many files that show a person born 1810 and married 9 yrs later.
If you are a solid researcher.. you report the event as recorded, and never alter original info.I wonder how many family tree researchers consider the change of dates,months because of.....?Most genealogy progs such as Family Tree Maker are programmed to adjust the dates automatically when you enter them .I wonder how many family tree researchers consider the change of dates,months because of.....?Great...now my head is going to explode worrying about this...Thank you very much.I wonder how many family tree researchers consider the change of dates,months because of.....?I've seen people make reference to the change in notes on individuals. I've also seen a second year in parenthesis or after a slash when a date is January - March in the years when the years changed April 1 instead of January 1.
You'd notice it most of someone had %26quot;Aged yy, mm, dd%26quot; on their tombstone, and were 10 days short of what you calculated.
