diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 762b9c5e7..2475a0df8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-13 Tim Waugh  <twaugh@redhat.com>
+	* src/plugins/Ancestors.py (event_info): Prevent constructions like
+	"died in before 1901" by playing safe if the mode is not exact.
+
 2004-09-11 Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
 	* src/ReadGedcom.py (parse_person_event): Use TYPE field as
 	the description of the event, if the event already has a name.
diff --git a/src/plugins/Ancestors.py b/src/plugins/Ancestors.py
index 9a32cbc49..ef9ef29c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/Ancestors.py
+++ b/src/plugins/Ancestors.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import BaseDoc
 import RelLib
 import Errors
 import Plugins
+import Calendar
 from QuestionDialog import ErrorDialog
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
@@ -441,7 +442,8 @@ class ComprehensiveAncestorsReport (Report.Report):
             if text:
                 info += ' ' + text[0].lower() + text[1:]
             elif dateobj.get_valid ():
-                if dateobj.is_range ():
+                if (dateobj.isRange () or
+                    dateobj.get_start_date ().getModeVal () != Calendar.EXACT):
                     info += ' ' + dateobj.get_date ()
                 elif (dateobj.get_day_valid () and
                     dateobj.get_month_valid () and