At 04:26 PM 10/26/00 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>Ancestor X died on May 30, 1884, with the age of 73 years, 5 months and 25
>days inscribed on his gravestone.  Who wants to volunteer a birthdate?

5 December 1810.  Sierra's genealogy program "Generations" easily solves
these types of date expressions; other software titles may do so as well.

>When Ancestor X died in 1884, did one of his family members calculate on
>their computer, with a leap-year formula, just how many years, months, and
>days he lived?

LOL.  I can't say who calculated Ancestor X's lifespan; or why they chose
to memorialize it in such manner, but if you start with his DOB it's pretty
easy to come up with the specific year/month/day of his death.

Hope this helps,



Bryan Logan
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