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Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 1
What changes were made to the Gregorian or New Style calendar
when this system was adopted by Great Britain in 1752.
- A. The day following September 2, 1752 was September 14 and
January 1 became the first day of the new year.
- B. It used the birth of Christ as the starting point and designated
time prior to His birth as BC (Before Christ).
- C. It was decided that Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday
after the full moon following the vernal equinox.
- D. It rejected the United Nations proposed World Calendar of 364 days,
or 52 weeks, with the year beginning on Sunday, January 1, with an
additional day added to leap years.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 2
What was the sentence of transportation?
- A. Forced relocation to any of the colonies.
- B. Having to operate a public conveyance until court fees were paid.
- C. An order to vacate a village and never return.
- D. Being required to provide public transportation ( e.g. cart or wagon)
after disrupting an ecclesiastical court proceeding.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 3
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales
began in:
- A. 1066
- B. 1666
- C. 1837
- D. 1941
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 4
The Domesday Book was:
- A. An index to the 1710 - 1891 census records from all but one English
parish.
- B. A survey initiated by Henry VIII to count the number of Catholic
churches within the realm.
- C. A survey to ascertain how many people lived in England shortly
after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
- D. An index to every emigrant leaving the shores of England and Wales
from 1666 to 1940.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 5
In the grades of peerage, which title is of lowest ranking:
- A. Marquess
- B. Duke
- C. Viscount
- D. Earl
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 6
What is true about Great Britain?
- A. It includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
- B. The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not part of Great Britain.
- C. Great Britain and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom.
- D. Canada was part of Great Britain until the end of WWII in 1945.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 7
What other records are significant to the search of one's ancestors in
the British Isles?
- A. Census records since 1066.
- B. Parish records since 1344.
- C. Royal land charters since 1890.
- D. Utility improvement tax records since 1910.
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