This kind of reply [when a widow gives number of years married] often is the number of years since she was married which gives you ca 1872 in this situation. Unfortuantely, it does not really give you an indication of when her husband may have died. At 09:47 PM 2/8/2006 -0800, you wrote: >Seeking death information on John Black, married to Jenny. They were on >the 1880 census together. She is a widow on the 1900 census and she >indicated that she had been married 28 years. From the approximate year >of birth of her first child (about 1872) this would indicate that he was >still alive in the late 1890s but must have died just prior to the 1900 >census. > >Any help finding his date of death will be appreciated, also an obituary. > > >Thanks. > >Michele >Go Seahawks...next year maybe?! > > > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing >lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To >subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx