Hi-saw the inquiry about date calculations and want to pass along an easy method that's also free for anyone who might like to use it. Gravestones often list the death date and the age at death expressed in years, months, and days. The "8870" method is a simple way to calculate the birth date. Example: Date of death is listed as May 6,1889 and the age at death given as 78 years, 3 months, and 27 days. Death date expressed as 18890506 Age is expressed as 780327 Difference 18110179 Subtract the correction factor 8870 Result 18101309 This translates as the 9th day of the 13 month in the year 1810. Since there isn't a 13th month, add 1 to the year and subtract 12 from the months. The true birthdate then becomes Jan 9,1811. Hope this will help some of you to find it easier calculating dates. RICK. ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== New? Looking for a quick connection? Visit the surnames list associated with this mail list at http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pdlsurnames.html