I know of several cases where the receipt for a casket or digging a grave was the closest I could get to a death date. One of my pet peeves is the conversion of dates entered as between such and such that have been entered as absolute by later researchers. Words such as between or circa should be taken to mean "this is a s close as I can get with good reason" rather than the absolute date. Margaret R. Amundson, CGsm is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic proficiency evaluations. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html