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Without a period document you may never really know the correct date. And even a record of the time can be in error. Awhile back I had occasion to research old German church records (Maryland). I took it a step further than published transcriptions and ordered copies of the original pages from the register. To make a long story short, it definately seems as though after the book was opened, early births/christenings were recorded as info was gathered. The book was actually started in 1789 yet births from 1787 are recorded, sandwiched between entries for 1790 and 1792. Also, several vastly different handwritings appear plus the book has birth dates for two siblings being 5 months apart.Obviously an error or a medical first. Even dates etched in stone can be in error: a 3rd great-grandmother has on her tombstone the death date of 31 May 1874 - yet her obituary appeared in the local paper....in the edition of 1 June 1873. Rick
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