Subject: [VAROCKIN] (no subject) > "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" >