--- "Linda J. Livingstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a bible record in which one of the younger children is listed
> as
> born 2nd day of 9th month called Septm New Stile ....
> This implies the older children's dates would be "old style"
> How do I determine what month they would have been born in relation
> to 
> the number of the month listed?
> 
> ex. 28th day 7th mo 1741
> 1st day 4th mo 1748
> 
> Is it a three month difference?

Linda,
It looks like you not only have mixed Old Style and New Style dates;
you also have Quaker dates.  ;-)

The link to "Quaker Calendar" on this page is a pretty good
explanation:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/

Kraig


                
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