Rod, I just thought I would pass on the news that I have reviewed all the demos I could find for the genealogy class I'm teaching in January. (It has since expanded to three classes!) I thank you for your reference to Cumberland. I have decided to recommend rather than require a specific program. I think there are four or five I will include and Cumberland is definitely one of them. It is comparatively easy to use and it has a number of features not found in comparably priced software. If you are looking for something in the $50.00 price range, it is hard to beat. Barbara PennaDutch@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 97-10-16 11:34:19 EDT, you write: > > << > This is *almost* off topic, and I've seen it discussed in alternate > forums, but never with a straightforward answer: does anybody have a > cheap (okay, maybe free) site/calculator they know of for using death > date & age to back into birthdate? > >> > Cumberland family tree shareware/software has a calculator as a built in > feature. It makes the conversion to gregorian and has several calc features > including auto field entry, calcing 1st or 2nd dates, interim period etc. > > rod > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > Abbreviations---PD=Pennsylvania Dutch, PMH=Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage magazine, MFH=Mennonite family History magazine, MRJ=Mennonite Research Journal, LMHS=Lancaster Mennonite Hist. Society. This and more list info at: http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pennadutch.html