----- Original Message ----- From: toppline <toppline@cet.com> To: <HCPD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: [HCPD] Concerning dating from death dates > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <AIMZQ38@aol.com> > > To: <VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 12:52 PM > > Subject: [VAROCKIN] (no subject) > > > I once advocated using the 8870 method and after so many found it did not > work, and I tried to find a better solution, I came across Bill Buckner's > formula. And I would ask that you all go check it out. I even put a > disclaimer on my home page about the 8870 as it was being forwarded around > the internet and I had many coming back and saying they couldn't make it > work properly or coincide with what they knew to be true. > Please do check it out - I think Bill has the best formula I have found. > > http://enws347.eas.asu.edu/~buckner/bdexpl.html > > I think you will find that it is better and also you can go to his page and > find out his reasoning. I have that link on my homepage. > > Bette Butcher Topp > http://www.cet.com/~toppline > > > > > > REMEMBER 8870 > > > That's not an error: It's the number to remember > > > when you want to find the birthdate of someone > > > when you only have the date of death and age. > > > How do you figure the birthdate? Suppose the > > > person died May 6, 1889, > >