Re: February 30th

Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Not quite, but just this week I ran across a French birth record dated
> 29 Fev in a non-leap year, which is the same problem. 

I've learned to be especially cautious about French dates between 1793 and

1806 because of The French Revolutionary Calendar.  My 2nd great 
grandfather was born "15 Pluviose VIII" and my 2nd great grandmother on "4

Messidor IV".  Dates like this ought to always be recorded in their 
original form.  If a French date between 1793 and 1806 showed Feb 29 in a 
non-leap year, I'd guess it was just an error in translation of the 
calendars.