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From: "Carol Hornung" <>
Subject: [TMG] Calculating Year of Birth
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:04:20 -0400
In-Reply-To: <5f.3bf6f0d6.2c33312b@aol.com>


Thanks for your reply, Fran.

<<I normally use a circa date. In the above instance I would use circa
1595.>>

That was my thinking at first also. However, that implies a much broader
possibility of dates than the more precise circumstance I had: based
solely on evidence stating that he was 58 years old in 1653, there are
only two possible years in which he could have been born. I'm having
trouble calculating whether those two possible years are 1594/95 or
1595/96.

Guess the old brain cells just ain't what they used to be!!

~Carol

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Subject: Re: [TMG] Calculating Year of Birth

In a message dated 7/1/2003 10:36:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

In an historic record, it states that so-and-so was 58 years old in
1653.

Based on that one record, what years would you use to show the possible
years of birth: "1594-1595" or "1595-1596"?

TIA! ~Carol in Detroit


Carol, I normally use a circa date. In the above instance I would use
circa 1595.

Fran

Fran Anderson
Olympia, Washington, USA

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