Julian To Gregorian Calendars
It’s likely you will have come across dates where the transcribed year appears in the format 1748/49, using both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Before 1752 the UK used the Julian Calendar, after 1752 the Gregorian Calendar came into use. Whilst the Gregorian Calendar uses 1 January as New Year’s Day, in the Julian Calendar it was 25th March. The relevance of this to genealogists It’s natural for us today to glance at dates and see December as the end…