This is the part I was referring to..
“When I was researching family I looked at a lot of books at the court house. Events recorded in the books would sometimes cover as much as five years on the same page of the book.”
If this were true, then the two B.C.’s could have the same book and page reference.
Just one more piece to the puzzle.
Problem is: the book could not be in both countries at the same time.