In a message dated 3/23/01 3:02:56 AM US Eastern Standard Time, BROWN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: "darryl & johanna" <darryl2@gate.net> asked << I have a birth year as 1856 Death date as Aug. 9 1889 Age at death 32 years 9 months 13 days Can any one explain to me how to find out the exact birth date from the info please.Everytime I tried to calculate I came up with a different month and year. >> Start with days count backwards this will take you to 28-July-1889 then count back months remembering to change year when going from Jan to Dec. this will take you back to 28-Oct-1888 now subtract years this will give birth year of 1856 so more than likely your date is 28-Oct-1856 Keith W Brown Indianapolis, IN http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/o/Keith-W-Brown