Sometimes we know exactly the years, months, and days a person lived, the site below helps calculate the birthdate. You may want to try using the web address. It allows you to enter the data and figures the birthdate for you. http://enws347.eas.asu.edu:8000/~buckner/bdform.html Sara also sent another formula > >Here is a 'formula" I found listed on another list. Maybe it will >help.. >"If you have a death date of an ancestor as 6 May 1889 with a note >that the >person was 71 yeas 7 months and 9 days old at the time of death - > >Write the date as 18890506 (1889 May 6) >Subtract 710709 (71 years, 7 months, 9 days) >The Result= 18179797 >Subract 8870 (I am not sure why) >Resulting in 18170927 = birth date 1817 Sep 27" Thanks Sara. Carol .. Carol P. Martoccia .. 903 East Fifth Street .. Greenville, NC 27858 .. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 .. Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl