See he http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/42511

Essentially, pre-1900 dates cause problems for Excel. Try formatting those
dates as text.

Dave
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"lls53" wrote:

I am creating a Family History data base on Excel and I cannot seem to get
the cells to format when the years are past 1900.
How do I format the cell to recognize....example 9/16/1898 to read as
"16-Sept-1898"

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Thanks, lls53