Lisa Louise Cooke
Margery Bell
Episode 43: How the Calendar Changes Through History Affect Your Research
Do you know what the date is today? Or what the date was of the record you are looking at for one of your ancestors? If you’re not familiar with the changes through history to the calendar, you might be recording incorrect dates in your family tree. Well, I’ve got just the person on today’s show who can help us understand the history of the calendars through time and how they affect our understanding of genealogical records. Today I’m welcoming back Margery Bell, Assistant Director of the Regional Family History Center in Oakland California. And she’s going to answer Does the changing historical calendar really affect our research?
Related Links:
Transcript
Calendar Changes Through History
Check out the George Washington Family bible
George was born on Feb. 22, 1732, though we celebrate it as Feb. 11, 1731
Washington Family Bible, The New York Times, February 20, 1921
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F02E1DD113FE432A25753C2A9649C946095D6CF
Bible Record for Washington Family: http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/project/faq/bible.html
Photograph of an original record detailing important dates in the Augustine Washington family. The page is taken from the family Bible; writer of the entries is unknown.
FamilySearch’s International Genealogical Index: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true
Oakland Family History Center Web Site: http://www.oaklandfhc.org/
MAILBOX:
Don in Oklahoma writes in to ask about how to record the last names of women, and how those names affect Ancestry’s Family Trees to seek out corresponding genealogical records.
Thanks to the Ancestry Insider blogger at http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/ for his assistance in answering Don’s question.
