LPurch6636 wrote: > I have seen the "Cause of Death" as "softening of the brain" in several > ancestors who died in the late 1800's. Does anyone know what this means?? Google knows. Questions like this are easily answered by putting your question: "softening of the brain" into Google at: http://www.google.com/ Here's some answers. http://dict.die.net/softening%20of%20the%20brain/ <http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/thomas/cereb-thrombosis.html> <http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/so/softening+of+brain.html> > Many thanks, > Kathleen > [email protected] HTH Bob