This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Calocybe Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.dor.general/6249.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1871 minus 81 = birth year 1789/90 1879 minus 89 = birth year 1789/90 Where is the age discrepancy? Where do you go from here? Well I would start searching for her in the earlier census years. Check her age and see if she gives the same birthplace in each one. Find out where Stoke Ambden is and where the parish registers are located, and arrange to search the baptism register. If you find her with her husband in one census, and in the next she is a widow, you will have narrowed down the period when her husband died. Search Netherbury burial registers for both of them, and you will have another confirmation of age at death. Age discrepancies are very common. However, I would not rely on any data found in other trees which are often full of errors. Use online trees as clues only, do the research and reach your own conclusions. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.