Double dating

Abbreviations

- over a letter, omission of 'M' or 'N'
~ over a letter, omission of more than one letter before, after or before and after
p represents 'er', 're', 'or', 'ar', 'ir' (prish = parish)
superscript letter i, omission of 'r'
g initially represents 'con', 'com' or 'cog' (gpe = compare )
reversed 'y' stands for the dipthong 'th' (Ye olde tea shoppe )
ff - capital 'F'
long 's', survived until the 1841 census.

Abbreviations found in Genealogy

Double-dating

Until 1752, the New Year began on Lady Day, 25 March.
Therefore, the entries continue beyond December 31 into the next year (in modern terms) as being the same year.
The best way to write any date before 1752 between January 1 and March 25 is to follow this example:- 20 Jan 1735/6.

So, Thomas FITT died on the 20 January 1736 (tombstone inscription), but was buried on the 21 January 1735 (Hursley, Hampshire register)

There were riots in the streets - the Government had after all stolen 11 days of their subjects lives!

In 1752 the opportunity was taken to bring the calendar in England in line with that of continental Europe
In September of that year 11 days were 'lost', what would have been the 3 September being called the 14 September.

So the tax year runs from the 6 April of any year.

Regnal dating

The number of years since the accession of the monarch.
So 1 January 50 Elizabeth II is 1st January 2003.

Regnal year calculator

Julian to Gregorian calendar converter

Perpetual calendar

IGI Codes

A Adult Christening
B Birth
C Christening
D Death
M Marriage
S Miscellaneous
N Census (N America only)
W Will

Batch numbers:
E: Mixed Christenings and Marriages
M: Marriages, controlled extraction
C: Christenings and births. Controlled extraction
J: Male Christenings and births. Controlled extraction
K: Female Christenings and births. Controlled extraction
P: From printed transcripts
F: Family group sheet, member submitted
A: Archive, from older member submitted
Digital: Usually member submitted information, first two numbers, year of input

Estimates:
ABT, of, <>
LDS members have extended their known pedigree back a generation or two, assuming the groom in marriage is 25 and the bride 21.
eg ABT 1745,
<1745>
<Scotland>

Wills

The estate of a person of small means was usually dealt with in the lowest permissible court, that of the archdeacon.
The will of a person with goods in more than one archdeaconry was proved in the diocesan (bishop's) court.
There were also various 'peculiar' jurisdictions, such as those exercised by the deans and chapters of cathedrals.
Those leaving goods in more than one diocese or peculiar to the value of Ł5 (Ł10 in London) or more were deemed to be in possession of bona notabilia and, as such, their estates came under the cognizance of one or other of the provincial courts, the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) or the Prerogative Court of York.
If goods were held in both provinces the grant could be made either solely in the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, or in both provincial courts.

Why don't the Mormons correct the IGI?

"Graham Buckell"
To :
SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com
Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:50:22 -0000
I agree with the comments that have been made in the various posts with the addition of a few observations below.
I speak as a Church member but not in any official capacity.
1. I think it a little unfair to say it is full of inaccuracies. Yes - there are a lot of errors and it is important to verify information found. However, as stated in one post, it is important to check the source of information. If it has been extracted directly from a parish register (and a large chunk has) then it is generally reliable. It is the patron submitted entries where the reliability drops significantly. However, quite a few of these can be spotted easily because dates are often given as . These are often derived from marriages (husband deemed to be 25 and the wife 21 when they got married and born where they were married - like most averages few are accurate) or census records.
2. The IGI is generally event driven rather than family links. Families can be found in the Ancestral File or Pedigree Resource File.
3. Regarding corrections, it is important to remember that the prime purpose of the IGI is not as a genealogical record. Its prime purpose is a record of all Temple work carried out by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If anyone wants to know why we do it, please e-mail me off list. Thus it would be wrong to accept corrections to such a record.
4. In any event, corrections could not be accepted without vetting them first. The correction itself may be wrong. This would involve a tremendous amount of work. I agree that it would be good to be able to post sticky notes against entries to allow comments without removing the original information (as in Rootsweb's WorldConnect). This too would be a major project but who knows, it might happen one day.
Regards Graham Buckell Nottingham, England

ŠPeter Cox 2003