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<span>When you can find no other clues, use the following guidelines to help estimate dates. These guidelines are only approximate and researchers must allow leeway in individual cases.</span> | <span>When you can find no other clues, use the following guidelines to help estimate dates. These guidelines are only approximate and researchers must allow leeway in individual cases.</span> | ||
* <span>Look up each family member in all the censuses and directories during their lifetimes to learn their ages, or help narrow the number of years when certain events may have happened. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|Add a custom event to the family group record]] for each census or directory you find; this helps you estimate dates for other events.</span><span></span> | * <span>Look up each family member in all the censuses and directories during their lifetimes to learn their ages, or help narrow the number of years when certain events may have happened. [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|Add a custom event to the family group record]] for each census or directory you find; this helps you estimate dates for other events.</span><span></span> | ||
* <span></span><span>Calculate approximate birth years from their age on the census or other documents.</span> | * <span></span><span>Calculate approximate birth years from their age on the census or other documents.</span> | ||
* In America and northern Europe m<span>en usually married at about age 25, women at about age 21. This may need to be adjusted slightly for different cultures. | * In America and northern Europe m<span>en usually married at about age 25, women at about age 21. This may need to be adjusted slightly for different cultures.</span> | ||
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* <span></span><span>On average, the first child is born one year after the parent’s marriage. Subsequent children are usually born about every two years.</span> | * <span></span><span>On average, the first child is born one year after the parent’s marriage. Subsequent children are usually born about every two years.</span> | ||
* <span>Generally, brothers and sisters who die of old age are most likely to die at '''''roughly''''' the same age.</span> | * <span>Generally, brothers and sisters who die of old age are most likely to die at '''''roughly''''' the same age.</span> | ||
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=== '''Related Content''' === | === '''Related Content''' === | ||
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