In a message dated 97-10-16 10:03:54 EDT, you write: << -many people then, just as now, had a difficult time figuring out the exact number of days, months, and years, and some of those inscriptions were wrong. In many cases they are a day off--but one in my own family was off by many years. We never could figure out how that happened until someone found the person who had the family Bible. In pencil, written in the inside cover, was the calculation done to arrive at the dates. The person had subtracted wrong by about 20 years!!!! >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- BEWARE the Gregorian calendar change of 1752!! rod ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own?