This came from another list. I haven't tried it yet. Olivia > In the event you don't have a computer close at hand to do the > calculating: > REMEMBER 8870 > That's not an error: It's 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. > ****Write the year, month, day as:->18890506 > ****Subtract the age at death:------->710709 > ****This gives the figure:--------->18179797 > ****Now subtract 8870:----------------->8870 > ****The result is:----------------->18170927 > Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, > 1817 > >From Platte Co, MO Historical/Genealogical > Society >