Talk:Mary Bonham-Christie
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Dates as e.g. "Q3 1911"
[edit]In late 1838, the British Registrar-General was appointed to keep records of all Births, Marriages and Deaths that occur in England and Wales (Scotland does likewise, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/). Registration Districts were defined, and Registrars appointed.
The system was also instituted in the British Overseas Territories.
At the end of each quarter, these records were submitted to the Registrar-General, and these records can be accessed (for free) at https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
and by supplying the information provided, one can obtain (for a nominal fee) from the Registrar-General, the Certificate, that MAY - or may not ! - contain more information - e.g. witnesses.
But the returns are every three months, dated March, June, September or December. To give that month as, say, the month of birth, would be wrong.
Hence the use of the term "Q3 1911" - rather than "The third quarter of 1911" This term is in common use, e.g. see the birth here - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8KL-WMT . . . . . RobinClay (talk) 15:24, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- It is not in common use here on Wikipedia or in normal, readable prose anywhere. These events happened so long ago that if we do not know the month or day, the year will suffice. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
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