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JexRodneyMichael1
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November 14, 2023 edited November 14, 2023 in Get Involved/Indexing

In indexing Belgian marriage records I have encountered months that are written:

10 9bre 1866. How does one translate such a date?

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  • Lars van Ravenzwaaij
    Lars van Ravenzwaaij ✭✭✭
    November 14, 2023 edited November 14, 2023 Answer ✓

    7bre means september (septembre)

    8bre means october (octobre)

    9bre means november (novembre)

    10bre means december (decembre)

    all coming from the french language and because the Roman calendar began in March. Just add 2 for the nowadays calendar.

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
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    November 14, 2023 Answer ✓

    They originally come from Latin, actually, but what Lars said is otherwise correct: the numeral-based abbreviations are for the numeral-based month names, which are based on the new year starting in March. (The 25th, I think it was? Not March 1st, anyway.)

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  • JexRodneyMichael1
    JexRodneyMichael1 ✭
    November 14, 2023

    Thank you, Lars and Julia, for the very helpful replies to my question.

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  • Lars van Ravenzwaaij
    Lars van Ravenzwaaij ✭✭✭
    November 14, 2023
    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/533753#Comment_533753

    Atually the Roman Calendar started on the first signs of the new crescent moon of March, or the so called Kalends of March and therefore every year diiferently. It only knew 10 months and 304 days.

    The abbreviations, as used here, are French through, not Latin. The 3 ending letters are from the French names of the months: September = Semptembre = semptembris. Nowadays Belgium officially has 3 languages: French, Flemish and German.

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