This stacked bar chart shows the seasonal distribution of 8000 weddings across time. Data is from my personal genealogical database which includes mostly ancestors from rural Québec (Canada).
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This stacked bar chart shows the seasonal distribution of 8000 weddings across time. Data is from my personal genealogical database which includes mostly ancestors from rural Québec (Canada).
Posted by Ugluk4242
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The analysis was performed on personal genealogical data from a GEDCOM file using Python with pandas for data processing and matplotlib for visualization.
This is actually very interesting. Definitely a much higher percentage of winter weddings, historically, than I would have guessed. Nice work OP
Winter weddings are very underrated
Wonder if the winter weddings have anything to do with the agricultural season? Perhaps it’s not so easy to find time when you’re working, something like that?
I wonder if the uptick in summer weddings is just cultural or if it represents the increasing availability of air conditioning in wedding venues.
I’m very interested that historically fall was a much busier time to marry than spring, but that preference has flipped in modern times.
I’m surprised there’s so little spring weddings, it’s supposed to be the season of love