On 26/09/2011 06:26, Tony Rolfe wrote: > A two-part question, if I may. > > 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?
In those days it was quite usual for a step-child to be referred to as an in-law, so the child concerned would be the daughter of the wife and step-daughter of the husband. > Question 2. How do I record it in Legacy? Record it exactly as given in the record, but add an explanatory comment if you wish. You also know now to look for a possible previous marriage for the wife, or for the birth of the child under the wife's maiden name. > -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
