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Effective family research requires understanding the historic events that affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, local events, laws, migrations, settlement patterns, and economic or religious trends may help you understand family movements. These events may have led to the creation of records, such as poor law records or military records, that mention your family. | Effective family research requires understanding the historic events that affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, local events, laws, migrations, settlement patterns, and economic or religious trends may help you understand family movements. These events may have led to the creation of records, such as poor law records or military records, that mention your family. | ||
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In 1600 Scotland adopted January 1 as New Years Day, however the the Gregorian calendar was not used until 1752<ref name="1750Act">[http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1516754 Calendar (New Style) Act 1750], United Kingdom Parliament</ref>. The Julian calendar began the calendar year on 25 March and ended the year on 24 March. The Gregorian calendar started the year on 1 January and ended the year on 31 December. Thus, before 1600, January, February, and the first twenty-four days of March came at the end of the previous year instead of at the beginning of the next year. <ref name="Spathaky" /> | In 1600 Scotland adopted January 1 as New Years Day, however the the Gregorian calendar was not used until 1752<ref name="1750Act">[http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1516754 Calendar (New Style) Act 1750], United Kingdom Parliament</ref>. The Julian calendar began the calendar year on 25 March and ended the year on 24 March. The Gregorian calendar started the year on 1 January and ended the year on 31 December. Thus, before 1600, January, February, and the first twenty-four days of March came at the end of the previous year instead of at the beginning of the next year. <ref name="Spathaky" /> | ||
When Catholic Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, ten days were dropped from the month of February. Although Scotland adopted January 1 as New Years Day it did not adopt the Gregorian calendar so it remained 10 days out of sinc with much of Europe, as evidenced by legal records. By the time Scotland and the rest of Britain adopted the calendar in 1752, a total of eleven days had to dropped from the calendar. | When Catholic Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, ten days were dropped from the month of February. Although Scotland adopted January 1 as New Years Day it did not adopt the Gregorian calendar so it remained 10 days out of sinc with much of Europe, as evidenced by legal records. By the time Scotland and the rest of Britain adopted the calendar in 1752, a total of eleven days had to dropped from the calendar.<ref>http://www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/topics/daysanddates_topic.htm</ref> | ||
The year 1599 consisted only of nine months: January, February, and March (1-24) 1599 became January, February and March (1-24) 1600. | The year 1599 consisted only of nine months: January, February, and March (1-24) 1599 became January, February and March (1-24) 1600. | ||
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