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If you cannot find an exact date, you may estimate dates based on other information. You need at least the approximate year of an event. You may use standard genealogical approximation. From a marriage date, you can estimate that a man was married at age 25 and a woman at age 21. You can also estimate that a first child was born one year after the parent's marriage and that subsequent children were born every 2 years after that. | If you cannot find an exact date, you may estimate dates based on other information. You need at least the approximate year of an event. You may use standard genealogical approximation. From a marriage date, you can estimate that a man was married at age 25 and a woman at age 21. You can also estimate that a first child was born one year after the parent's marriage and that subsequent children were born every 2 years after that. | ||
A typical tombstone inscription might read ''Here lies Uncle Jack, Died May 10 1903, 79 years, 10 months, and 3 days young''. That would be a wonderful find for any genealogist, and gives a name and a death date to be added to the family tree. But what about Jack’s date of birth? That would require some tedious calculations. Fortunately there is a [http://stevemorse.org/birthday/elapsed.html One-Step form] that lets you enter any two of the following three items – a first event, a second event, and the time interval between them. In this case we would enter May 10, 1903 as the second event and 79 years, 10 months and 3 days as the time interval. The form will display the value of the first event – namely ''July 7, 1823''. | |||
== Determine the place of origin == | == Determine the place of origin == | ||