Tony, Mike is almost certainly correct, in-law, step, grandchild, and nephew/niece were often used in a different sense to that which we know today, and there was no consistency - so please don't ask :-). You may find in later censuses that the actual relationship is clarified, or you will need to get the birth certificate or view the parish register in order to find out.
I normally put a comment in the notes for the child when I come across something like this, and raise a ToDo as a reminder to do something about it. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 8:33 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] [Partly OT] What does this relationship mean? On 2011/09/26 07:26, Tony Rolfe wrote: > I have discovered a ancestors in the 1861 UK Census. A working-class > family in Newcastle. Head, wife, daughter-in-law and grandson. All > fairly normal, except that the daughter-in-law is 7 years old, unmarried > and has a completely different surname from the other three. > > Question 1. How can this be? It can't be a dau-in-law in the modern sense! Sounds more like a step-daughter. > Question 2. How do I record it in Legacy? Ignore this for now. Have *you* seen the 1861 image? Has it been transcribed properly? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
