This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YWC.2ACI/5341.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The information on his age came from his headstone and his Death Record that was on file. I'm very liberal in conducting searches for persons and when I do searches I usually start with +/- 5 years if I have a general date. There is a twelve year difference between his death record and his obit.