HP Timeline: Neville, Harry, Spoilery

[Milz]

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> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Milz" <absinthe at m...> wrote:
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> > Believe me Pippin, I would like to think that Dumbledore wasn't an
> > incompetent clod who flagrantly used babies to bait Voldemort into an
> > ambush, but with the canonical info we currently have concerning the
> > timeline, I have my doubts.
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> > Milz
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> Ok, I'm clutching at straws here but I may have a way out.
> 
> There are around 40 people in Harry's year so Voldy has to locate his 
> subject from this group, plus any not at Hogwarts for whatever reason. 
> Harry was down for Hogwarts from the moment he was born according to 
> Hagrid in PS. Is it possible that the *only* record of births in the  
> UK wizarding world is at Hogwarts? By protecting Harry?Neville from 
> the moment they are born DD would be giving Voldy the information he 
> needed to identify his targets. Only if Voldy could get the info from 
> Hogwarts would this 'hiding in numbers' strategy fail, but we know 
> Voldy sent Snape specifically to infiltrate Hogwarts, could this be 
> his reason?
> 
> Regards
> Jo
> 

That's a thought Jo, because Snape took the Potions position at
Hogwarts in 1981.  So we can make the assumption that not only did
Snape eavesdrop on the Prophecy, but he also gave Voldie the names of
Neville and Harry. That would make the leading up to events in October
1981 like this:

Before October:
1. Snape confesses to Dumbledore that he's a Death Eater, he's seen
the light, he wants out, and oh by the way, he heard the prophecy and
he passed it onto Voldie.
2. A convinced Dumbledore hires Snape.
3. Snape looks in the Book of Magical Children and passes that info to
Voldie.
4. Voldie makes his choice.

During October:
1. Dumbledore informed that a spy betrayed the Potters (possibly by
Snape who does this in an attempt to flush the Potters out for Voldie) 
2. October 24: Pettigrew made Secret Keeper and Potters go into hiding
at Godric's Hollow  
3. Halloween 1981
 
Makes sense but it hinges on Snape being "Evil" (and I  think Rowling
gives us good arguments for and against that so she can go either way
in Book 7 and still make it convincing)

Milz