It's good enough for me. I'm only quoting the tombstone that indicates dates 8 years apart and "died in infancy" . I don't have to justify why it says that, I only type what I see... I was just curious. Suzie On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Ruth Hasten Walsh <delins1@verizon.net>wrote: > Suzie, years ago I took a contract law course. Infancy was defined as > anyone (not mentally incapacitated) who could not make or sign a contract, > without consent of parent or guardian adlitem. I'm so ancient that, at > that > time, legal age in most states was 21. In today's world it is probably 18. > In a genealogy course I took, infancy was LOOSELY defined as someone under > age of two or walking age. I seem to recall the course instructor > inferring > that two was the ascribed age generally used by mortuary personnel. Not > sure this information totally resolves issue. Maybe I can find my old > early > 1990's genealogy course books. > > Ruth > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >