I've got a slightly different situation, I've got a "partially "lost villager! I've had 20 births, and the stranger in the woods joined, so I've had a total of 27 villagers. Because of the timing of the deaths, the max I've ever had at once is 21, which is my current number. The last of my original 6 villagers, Thabo, died at the age of 72, and was being buried. The next oldest villager is 47. In the meantime, I had another couple breeding, which resulted in a birth (no respect for the dead!)

Now, my stats are like this:
Villagers born 20
Villagers buried 5
Oldest villager 72
Max population 21

Current population shows 21, with 5 headstones. Under details, I have 19 villagers (and 2 babies). Thabo does not have a headstone, nor is he in details, but it's *his* age still showing as the oldest villager! He has disappeared, as many others seem to have reported, but he left a little trace, in his age!

I'm using a Zire 71, running from expansion card, 5M free ram.

Valerie