"So what you are saying is that FTM has the ability to indicate "Dead" as part of the date field. Is this correct?"
Yes, that's what it says and has been my experience. There is no drop-down list, just type it in.
I just did a filter for entries in my data base that CONTAIN "infant" in the death DATE field and got four responses. The record was exported via Gedcom and imported to whatever software WorldConnect uses, here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...
Ditto: Filter for Death Fact where the DATE field CONTAINS DECEASED. Got 76 individuals, one of which was exported via gedcom 5.5 into WorldConnect, here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...