I would reply directly to you David but your email wont work. Plus I think I found your Abraham Burkhart. If you want to know more contact me. Doug email me at genhunter1@yahoo.com cdkno@aol.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JaB.2ACE/2935 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, > Would appreciate if someone could clear up a few dates for me. > > The Burkharts were an allied family of my Dillers. > > In a manuscript it says Rev Abraham Burkhart was born 1820 and died in 1889 at the age of 64 years 4 months and 24 days. > That doesn't add up. That would be 1884 not 1889. > > The online transcript of the "Cemetery Records Collected by Jeremiah Zeamer circa 1905 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania" at the Cumberland GenWeb site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/) say "Burkhart, Abraham d 12-25-1859, b 8-31-1820, Rev." The problem with the 1859 date is the 1870 census - > > I have a photocopy ( not one of my chicken scratch transcriptions) I made of the 1870 Federal Census for Pennsylvania Cumberland County Frankford Twp. It lists a "Burkhart, Abrm" age 49 (born c.1819 / 1820) with the wife and 6 of the children you would expect (with all of the ages almost perfect-that's scary). > > So all three agree he was born c.1820 ; but did he die in 1859, 1884 or 1889 ? Or do we get to pick another number out of the air ? > > Would appreciate any help > David > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Visit Cumberland County USGenweb and get the latest updates! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237