Re: [LegacyUG] acronym

2018-01-17 Thread Jean Gobel
Thank you all. I was anticipating something much more complicated! Jean From: Monique Riley Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7:09 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] acronym Jean, It means it was a source that came over from the "New" FamilySearch, which was the previous older

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2018-01-17 Thread Holly Nelson
Good thoughts! I had to check the pregnancy angle, but sister Alice was born in May 1921, and the census was done on 16 Jan 1920. Too long for a pregnancy, and I have never heard (or found evidence of) a miscarriage in between. They did lose their first child shortly after birth (1912), and

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2018-01-17 Thread sarah hughes
Another time I found a Pinsent ancestor staying with her aunt and uncle on census night, also by name of Pinsent, in a nearby Devon hamlet, but she was listed as another of their children; hardly surprising with the same surname and similar age. It took me ages to work out what had happened! On

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2018-01-17 Thread Cathy Pinner
Holly, Was his mother pregnant? or just had a miscarriage? Enough reason for a friend to have her toddler. Then again, aren't American censuses copied from other sheets like English censuses? Easy to miss a child when copying especially if there is another person of the same name on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2018-01-17 Thread Holly Nelson
Thanks to all for your responses. I was close to my grandparents, who lived in the house my father was born in until their deaths in 1971 and 1977. There were no family members nearby this small Indiana town, who might be babysitting for a 21 month old toddler. Perhaps neighbors? Possible,

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2018-01-17 Thread Carrie Pillow
Hi I have had young children living with grand parents, Aunts and Uncles Carie From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Martha Graham Sent: 16 January 2018 22:13 To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2018-01-17 Thread sarah hughes
I agree with that. I used to find family members at the "wrong" address so many times on census night, I almost thought they were doing it deliberately! On 16 Jan 2018 10:14 p.m., "Martha Graham" wrote: > Hi Holly, > Many times a child will be visiting a neighbor, or other