What is the correct year for the date 27 Feb 1746/7?

Question

I'm referring to the profile Capen-323 There is a sibling birthdate conflict with Capen-582 See the comments on 582. I edited that date (no source link) from 9-20-1745 to 1745. so it wouldn't be too close to Lydia's Feb 1746. Now the question I'm asking about 46/47 needs an answer in case the correct solution is changing hers to 1747. Thank you, John

Answer 1

Feb. 1746 in the old calendar would be Feb. 1747 in the modern calendar, so one child was born in September 1745 and the other in February 1747.

Comments

Thank you Kathy, for your quick help solving my problem.

Answer 2

Dates in the biography should be (for example) 12 February 1746/7, in the date fields they should use the new style date 12 Feb 1747.

It's incredibly confusing, I know!

Comments

Thanks Gill, The answer is very helpful.