I would use it as an "about" date, with the source citation, pending better data. Who's to know whether the person(s) planning the celebratiion knew the exact date or even whether the party was really ON the date, or just a convenient time to celebrate? LLC Phyllis Miller Fleming wrote: > Oliver Wells, 1906 > 44th birthday > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_wells.htm > > How much clout would this carry as a record of a birth date? > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at > www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it > illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life > and brings us tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > For questions regarding the list, contact me at > mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >