From: "Scott Jones" jyrene@hotmail.com

Passed on to me from Rev Jim Crowe, and sent to ya'll with his permission

Great info!!

HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE

REMEMBER THIS NUMBER: 8870

This is not an error: It is 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.

1. Write the year, month, day as: ----------- 18890506

2. Subtract the age at death: ---------------- 710709

3. This gives the figure: ------------------------ 18179797

4. Now subtract 8870: -------------------------- 8870

5. The result is: ----------------------------------- 18170927

Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, 1817

Charlie Ward