Donna, I found the same thing on some other stones. What looked at first like a 1 was actually a 4. It looks like the little part in the 4 would break off too easily if the entire number had the same depth of carving. Bob Bensing > From: der@redrose.net [mailto:der@redrose.net] > I also made a few minor changes with some question marks on dates. As for > the stone for Jacob EBY born 1774, that may look like 1771, but a few of > us traced the number, noticing that what looked like a number "one" was > too far away from the 7 and traced it as a "4." Also, the death date of > 1838 was clear when seeing the stone right there, so that computes > correctly to "born 1774." It almost looks like the one line might > say "son > of Henry" but cannot be certain. (He was the eldest son of Henry EBY.) > > So, another EBY family has become clearer, as far as understanding who is > whom. > > Regards, > Donna Ristenbatt