[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Julian and Gregorian Dates in Lipno Records

[Rose Ingram]

Linda,

The convention was super!

One thing I have learned in the past few years is to be flexible with the 
dates. We should be so lucky just to have filmed records available to us. 
:-)

I usually use the second date (Gregorian) shown in a specific document as 
the event date if double dates are shown. One can always make a notation in 
the notes that the date is double dated.
If there is only one date in any record, that is the date I use - there is 
no telling what calendar was being used at the time it was recorded.   I 
have seen records in the same year where double dates are shown and then 
later in the year only one date is written.  Go figure!

Rose Ingram
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From: "LMPauling"
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:00 AM

I have had the following inquiry from a correspondent in Germany and I do 
not know the answer to his question. I am hoping one of you more 
knowledgable people on our list may be able to give him an answer.

I did miss seeing you all at convention and hope you had a wonderful 
weekend!
Linda Pauling

I've noticed, that several documents of the Lutheran church records of Osiek 
nad Wisla/Osówka and Lipno (and also of Plock, Wyszogród and Sierpc) often 
show two dates during the period between 1826 and 1867, using the Julian and 
the Gregorian Calendar. But a not small number of documens show only one 
date for the named period, even though the Polish Kingdom was part of the 
Russian Empire at that time.

Is it allowed to use the Gregorian calendar automatically, if only one date 
is given, like in the period befor 1815? Or must the question of using one 
definite calendar stay unanswered, if there is no further spcification?