Tks to all who replied. I appreciate the help. One think though, I read an
article recently re Census in England that said that the Census information
for the address was the people who NORMALLY stay their. That could mean that
a person could be listed at that address on the night of the Census, but not
actually be there. I was initially under the impression that it was only
those in the house on the night, but that might not be so. Any thoughts or
info?
On 10/12/07, Kathy Shiell-Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Richard
> I have a very similar situation. My great great grandmother's sister
> crawled into a hole and took the hole with her...vanished into thin air.
> In the course of trying to track her down, I located her death
> certificate that had"her granddaughter" listed as the reporter of
> information....which was very interesting since, although I had her marriage
> recorded, I had no children...so this is what I did. For the granddaughter I
> created a father for her called ...and I quote"Father or Mother {[possible
> James Shearer descendant]]"(to keep me from accidentally merging him...)and
> then married him off to a woman named "Father or Mother."
> To the couple Father or Mother and Father or Mother I add the name of the
> granddaughter...If I ever find out which one is this girl's parent and which
> of the two is a descendant, I can just change their name......and if it's
> the woman, I can change parents really easily...I'll have to get back to you
> on whether my aunt had a girl or a boy...but at least her grandchild is
> documented.
> Kathy
> At 06:58 PM 10/11/2007, you wrote:
>
> Thanks Mary. Re these "Grandchildren", I agree that they are part of the
> family. In fact in later census (cenci?) the female granddaughter is still
> with the famiy head, thirty years later. However, just taking the age of the
> femal, 8yrs old and that the eldest of the "sibling" in the rest of the
> family is 20, it is unlikely that the "granddaughter" belongs to any of the
> Heads children. The head being 60, probably not him either. So the parents
> had to be outside the family, possibly a brother or sisters child. Place of
> birth is all exactly the same throughout the whole family, except for the
> wife, although Im finding that census data for 1800's can be dodgy.
> Enumerators may have just dittoed that one.
> For those interested. I have found that on findmypast.com, you can search
> the 1881 census for free, but more importantly, can search by address. So if
> you know the address of someone in a Census, you can have a look at there
> neighbors. I did that and low and behold, one of the grandchildren surnames
> appeared a few doors down! Not conclusive evidence I know, but food for
> thought.
> However, I dont know what you meand by "create ghost children". How do you
> do that? Probably just my inexperience with Legacy, but as I dont know the
> grandparents, how do I enter them. Just as "Unknown grandparents"?
> Kindest regards, Richard Hallford
>
> On 10/11/07, *Mary Young* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, Richard
> I feel these grandchildren are part of the family and must be linked.
> Create two "ghost" children for the grandparents. Mark them as
> "unknown gender" and attach a grandchild to each. When you have more
> info. you can put name and gender to the ghosts, or merge with known
> children.
> It's worth remembering that (depending on society/country/timeframe),
> the grandson with a different surname may be a daughter's illegitimate
> child, using his father's name. For instance, this was commonly done
> in 19th century Scotland.
> --
> Regards
> Mary Young
> www.cmy.org.uk
>
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