If a tombstone gives a date of death and an age of death, the date of birth can be calculated for entry into a database. It should clearly be indicated when entering in and sourcing the date of birth that a calculated date of birth was used. That way it has been made clear that the stone did not give the actual date of birth. Of course if the birth date is on the stone it should be entered in your database–citing the stone, but not indicating that the date was calculated.
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