Birth, Marriage, Death The index is handy for narrowing down the time frame before ordering actual records, especially when used with the census records. In July 1837, the goverment began recording b,m,d vital records. I have no idea regarding compliance. Prior to that christening, marriage and burial records were recorded by the churches. I believe the churches started in the late 1500's or when the church was established.
Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Hickin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Q dates > You know, I don't know what the b stands for -- I assume the m is for > month?, but what about the d? > > Thanks. > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 6:09 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Q dates > > > > Pat, > > In England, b/m/d dates are reported on a calendar quarterly basis to the > > GRO. A "Q date" is recorded as the [month] Q, [year] where the month is > > the > > last month of the particular calendar quarter. The date is not precise > > date of > > the event, but the quarter in which the event was **reported** to the > > GRO. > > There is a pitfall here as informants have 6 weeks to report the event. > > Thus, an event might have occured in the quarter preceeding the quarter > > of > > registration. > > > > Jon Raymond > > St Paul Park, MN > > Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond/ > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 > > Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
