[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] varying dates

[Gary Warner]

Margrit,

Sounds like you have a problem with calendars.  Dates in Europe in the 
1800s, and early 1900s are Julian calendar dates, or in some cases, both 
the Julian calendar and the modern Gregorian calendar.  Dates in North 
America are always Gregorian calendar.

The time between the two calendars is about 10 to 13 days, depending on the 
century.  Go to http://www.calendarhome.com/converter/ to see how the dates 
relate.

If the dates do not match those provided in the calendar converter, then 
likely one of the dates has been extracted incorrectly.  Look at the 
original record again if you have it, and make sure that the record is not 
made on one day, but notes the event on some other days several days before.

Gary Warner
SGGEE




At 05:45 AM 7/21/2003, Margrit Weigel wrote:
>I have some "problems" with slightly different dates. After the SGGEE 
>database my gr gr grandmother Friederike Hildebrandt, nee Krueger, was 
>born May 5th 1844  and died May 20th 1937. In the "Wolhynischen Heften 
>Nr.1" there is a story of a tombstone  which still exists in Korist where 
>she lived and died. On this stone you find a Friederike Hildebrandt *Feb 
>22nd 1844 and died March 09th1937. On the same stone you find the names of 
>her sons Gustav (*Feb.02.1878) and Ferdinand   (*Jul 24th 1880). But the 
>dates we know are for Gustav *1877 and for Ferdinand *Jul13,1879 and death 
>Oct16,1904 in Korist (on the tombstone his day of death is known as oct 
>14.1904).
>
>So I am rather sure that here my ancestors are buried. Does anybody else 
>has experience with differing dates?
>
>Futheron, even my father (born Oct 03, 1931) always told that he believed 
>that he had another
>birthday when he was small. Unfortunately there is noone left anymore whom 
>I could ask. Could it perhaps be an advantage to be older or younger in 
>the thirties in Volhynia?
>
>If somebody has an idea, I would appreciate every answer.
>
>Margrit Weigel
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