Julien/Gregorian calendar dates

23george

When reviewing Non Conformist records in England from 1701, the dates are in numbers. Should we use Julien calendar dates or Gregorian ones - Eg. would month 8 be October or August

Melissa S Himes

In the Project Instructions under What To Remember About This Project, they added this:

• England adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Prior to 1752 in England, the year on the Julian calendar began in March and continued to the next February. This would mean that the 3rd month in 1730 would be May. In the Gregorian calendar adopted in 1752, the 3rd month would be March. When indexing records for this project, please convert the Julian calendar dates to their Gregorian calendar equivalents. Click here for help converting dates.

Does that help?

23george

Thank you so much! I knew I had read what to do but for some reason just couldn't find it - you are a star!!