<< Received this on another list........... sure does come in handy for the
mathematically challenged such as myself!
In the event you don't have a computer close at
> > hand to do the calculating:
> >
> > 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,
> > at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days.
> > ****Write the year, month, day as:->18890506
> > ****Subtract the age at death:------->710709
> > ****This gives the figure:--------->18179797
> > ****Now subtract 8870:----------------->8870
> > ****The result is:----------------->18170927
> > Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept,
> > 1817
I prefer not to even GO through that.
Check out the website:
http://enws347.eas.asu.edu:8000/~buckner/bdform.html