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Dates in Croatian Church Documents: Part 2 of 2 (see here for part 1).
Purpose: To show examples of how dates are presented in Croatian church documents. This page focuses on reading numbers; for examples of months, see here. These examples are taken from various Stanja Dus"a of the Konavle region.
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28 April, 1837 | Not all 7's have a line through the stem. |
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7 October, 1837 | 8bre is abbreviation for October. |
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1 November, 1839 | Abbrev. for November this time is 9br; Dot between 1 and 9 shows that it's not 19. |
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14 July, 1839 | Month is Lug., not Aug. |
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28 December, 1839 | xbr = December. |
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29 September, 1839 | 7bre is abbreviation for September. |
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30 July, 1840 | Month is Lug, not Aug. |
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7 March, 1841 | . |
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25 March, 1842 | First digit of year is left off. |
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6 November[?], 1842 | Not sure of the month here; it looks like 9br or maybe 7br. |
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8 May, 1842 | . |
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31 March, 184[3?] | li = on; 1st digit of year is left off; Looks like it might be 1813 but context (other dates around it) has it in the 1840s; could possibly be 1848. |
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5 November, 1843 | 1st digit of year is missing; the 8 looks like it might be a 9 but all dates around it were in the 1840s. |
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9 November, 1844 | 1st digit of year is left off. |
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19 November, 1844 | 9bre = November. |
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17 June, 1847 | li = on |
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26 July, 1848 | 7 has no cross in stem; First 2 digits of year are left out. |
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14 December, 1853 | . |
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15 September, 1853 | Month = Sett: |
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29 October, 1853 | Month = ott |
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5 September, 1854 | Month = Sett: |
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15 May, 1857 | 1st digit of year is left off. This type of mess is not uncommon. |