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==Germany Feast Day Calendars== | ==Germany Feast Day Calendars== | ||
Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to the appropriate Julian or Gregorian date: | Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to the appropriate Julian or Gregorian date: | ||
#Determine whether you need the Julian or Gregorian calendar using the chart of locations and starting years below; | #Determine whether you need the Julian or Gregorian calendar using the chart of locations and starting years below (or use the Steve Morse date conversion tool [https://stevemorse.org/jcal/julian.html here]); | ||
#Then go down to the table of years and choose the one you need. | #Then go down to the table of years and choose the one you need. | ||
==Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Germany== | ==Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Germany== | ||