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== Online Birth Calculators == | |||
*[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html Tombstone Birthday Calculator] at [http://www.searchforancestors.com/ searchforancestors.com] - used to help you calculate birth date when the tombstone only gives the date of death and the exact age | |||
*[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/age.html Ancestor Search Age Calculator] at [http://www.searchforancestors.com/ searchforancestors.com] - used when you want to know how the exact age of a person from a birth date | |||
*[https://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadded.html Date Calculator: Add to or Subtract From a Date] at [https://www.timeanddate.com/ Timeanddate.com] - can be used for calculating birth from tombstones or determining exact age of a person from birth date | |||
*[http://longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html Birth Date Calculator] at [http://longislandgenealogy.com longislandgenealogy.com] - used to help you calculate birth date when the tombstone only gives the date of death and the exact age | |||
*[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fgris/family/brown/agecalc.html Age Calculator] at Rootsweb - has various calculators to determine birth date and age | |||
==Calculating Birth Dates== | ==Calculating Birth Dates== | ||
We all know that having birth dates helps us to complete the information for our ancestors and birth dates many times are much harder to find the further back you go. But many times we at least have the date of death with the age listed in Years-months-days. | We all know that having birth dates helps us to complete the information for our ancestors and birth dates many times are much harder to find the further back you go. But many times we at least have the date of death with the age listed in Years-months-days. Or sometimes we wish to know how old a person would be from a birth date. The date calculators listed above can help you determine that information. | ||
Records that give an exact age at death and a death date can be found on: | |||
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=== How it works === | |||
The way to use it is to put in the date of death. '''Subtract''' the number of Years, Months, and Days, then push the calculate button. The answer is under the lower left corner under the colored box. | The way to use it is to put in the date of death. '''Subtract''' the number of Years, Months, and Days, then push the calculate button. The answer is under the lower left corner under the colored box. | ||
If for some reason you have the Date of Birth and have the number of Years, Months, and Days when died you would put in '''Add''' then calculate the date of death. | If for some reason you have the Date of Birth and have the number of Years, Months, and Days when died you would put in '''Add''' then calculate the date of death. | ||
[[File:Date calculator.PNG| 700px|Example of a date calculator online]] | |||
[[Category:Research analysis and instruction]] | [[Category:Research analysis and instruction]] | ||
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