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*It has been noted that in America and northern Europe men usually married at about age 25, women at about age 21. However, this is only an average with widespread variation, and is different for different places. While this may be helpful when looking for birth records, recording a birth date of about 21 or 25 years before a marriage as fact on community trees such as FamilySearch Family Tree often causes problems with mis-identification. If you have a marriage date, record that, but don't record a birth date based on a known marriage date unless there is an associated age listed at the time of marriage. | *It has been noted that in America and northern Europe men usually married at about age 25, women at about age 21. However, this is only an average with widespread variation, and is different for different places. While this may be helpful when looking for birth records, recording a birth date of about 21 or 25 years before a marriage as fact on community trees such as FamilySearch Family Tree often causes problems with mis-identification. If you have a marriage date, record that, but don't record a birth date based on a known marriage date unless there is an associated age listed at the time of marriage. | ||
*On average, the first child is born one year after the parent’s marriage. Subsequent children are usually born about every two years. | *On average, the first child is born one year after the parent’s marriage. Subsequent children are usually born about every two years. | ||
*If you know when each child in the family was born, estimate the marriage date as about 1 year before the birth of the first child. This is usually accurate, but not unless a thorough search for all children has been conducted | *If you know when each child in the family was born, estimate the marriage date as about 1 year before the birth of the first child. This is usually fairly accurate, but not unless a thorough search for all children has been conducted | ||
*Generally, brothers and sisters who die of old age are most likely to die at '''''roughly''''' the same age. This may be helpful when looking for death records, however, it is better not to record such an average date as fact, especially on community trees such as FamilySearch Family Tree. | *Generally, brothers and sisters who die of old age are most likely to die at '''''roughly''''' the same age. This may be helpful when looking for death records, however, it is better not to record such an average date as fact, especially on community trees such as FamilySearch Family Tree. | ||