The bureaucrat that thought of this - wonder how many pints it took …
C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON From: Susan Anderson [mailto:sander...@waitrose.com] Sent: April 13, 2014 12:01 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates The Quarter days are 25 March, 24 June, 29 Sept, 25 Dec. They can be remembered by 5 letters March, 4 June, 9 September and Xmas Day. Rents are still paid on Quarter days--- I have to send out invoices! Sue Anderson > From: singh...@erols.com > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:48:15 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates > > Ron Ferguson wrote: > > David, > > > > It would seem that you are not familiar with the English quarter days. > > Historically these are the days on which many accounts had to be settled, > > especially anything relating to land, property and government > > administration. The actual day being the last day of each quarter - the > > first quarter day being 31 March in each year. > > Since you alluded to it -- was 31 March the quarter day when > the year began 25 Mar? Because my logic suggests quarter > day then would have been 26 June, which would explain a few > puzzles. > > I ask primarily because I once ran across some Quaker MM > records that counted months from the date of the MM's > founding, not from the calendar (i.e., the first month was > July or September, not January or March), which was > massively misleading when one tried to match with non-Quaker > records from the area! > > Cheryl > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
