> Does this always work? I've discussed this with several people over the past 24 hours and it seems that it works well for those born in a month with 30 days. So months with 31 and Feb, would run into wrong dates. Joanne Abby - GenExchange Project Coordinator GenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/ USGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/us.cfm National Bio-Bin - http://www.genexchange.org/biobin.cfm > >HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE > > > >REMEMBER THIS NUMBER: 8870 > > > >This is not an error: It is 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. > > > >1. Write the year, month, day as: -----------> 18890506 > >2. Subtract the age at death: ----------------> 710709 > >3. This gives the figure: ------------------------> 18179797 > >4. Now subtract 8870: --------------------------> 8870 > >5. The result is: -----------------------------------> 18170927 > > > >Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, 1817 > > > >Source: Platte Co, MO Historical/Genealogical Society > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--part1_9a.b25390c.27236827_boundary-- > > > > > >============================== > >Search more than 150 million free record at RootsWeb > >http://search.rootsweb.com/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/search > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >