To determine the birthdate from a gravestone, use simple subraction. List the deathdate by the year, month and day. subtract the age at death. If the stone states Jane Simth died May 2, 1876 aged 61Y, 6M,7D, write: 1876-5-2 61-6-7 If it will not subract evenly, as in this expample, "borrow" from the previous column, converting years into months and /or months into days. Write: 1875-16-32 61- 06-07 Since we borrowed from April (the month before the month of death) 30 days (the number of days in April) was added. If the previous month had 31 or 28 days, that number would be added. Jane Smith was born October 25, 1814 according to her gravestone. * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * ** "There is little more important for the American citizen to know then the history and traditions of his ancestors, for without such knowledge, he stands before the whole world knowing neither where he came from nor where he is going" President John F. KENNEDY ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm