Julian To Gregorian Calendars
It’s likely you will have come across dates where the transcribed year appears a little ambiguous, written in the format 1748/49. The reason for this isn’t (usually) that the transcriber struggled to read the date, but rather that the year is being displayed using both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. In 1752, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland adopted the Gregorian Calendar (the calendar we use today), prior to that the Julian Calendar was used. When reading old records, it’s important…