-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [POWELL] Fwd: [AR-CEM] How to calculate birth dates Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:57:10 -0600 Resent-From: POWELL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:57:14 -0400 From: "Scott Jones" <jyrene@hotmail.com> Reply-To: POWELL-L@rootsweb.com To: POWELL-L@rootsweb.com >From: CCCharlie1@aol.com >Reply-To: AR-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com >To: AR-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AR-CEM] How to calculate birth dates >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 02:23:33 EDT > >Passed on to me from Rev Jim Crowe, and sent to ya'll with his permission >Great info!! > >HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE > >REMEMBER THIS NUMBER: 8870 > >This is not an error: It is the number to remember when you want >to find the birthdate of someone when you only have the date of >death and age. > >How do you figure the birthdate? > >Suppose the person died May 6, 1889, at the age of >71 years, 7 months, 9 days. > >1. Write the year, month, day as: -----------> 18890506 >2. Subtract the age at death: ----------------> 710709 >3. This gives the figure: ------------------------> 18179797 >4. Now subtract 8870: --------------------------> 8870 >5. The result is: -----------------------------------> 18170927 > >Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, 1817 > > >Charlie Ward > > >==== AR-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >If you wish to unsubscribe from the Arkansas Cemetery list, send only the >word >UNSUBSCRIBE to AR-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the >Digest >List to AR-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ High-speed Internet access as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service providers in your area). Click here. https://broadband.msn.com ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Powell surname list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to Powell-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the digest list to Powell-d-request if you are on the digest list. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237