Family historians tend to have complex families. Effa raised by her aunt appeared in an 1895 group picture with her cousins and kept in touch with their descendants as well as children of her full and half siblings.
Some people have multiple marriages, often picking a neighbor or distant relative to help raise young children. New fellow in my file this week had children with three different wives who grew up near his father's farm. Legacy (unlike PAF 5) allows for separate child-father and child-mother relationships but the relationship chart doesn't "swap" correctly in Legacy 4, 5 or 6 for descendants of the first and third marriages of the common male ancestor. Apparently son from the second marriage had Isaac's 4th marriage annulled because he was concerned about his inheritance. Don't know if the "widow next door" who was the 4th wife had any children. Third wife was also step-daughter of Isaac's father John. Land records for two or three family farms might have clues. I'd like to find out what happened to John's widow who was in the 1911 census with her bio son and what happened to another daughter after 1905 when she was the sister's marriage witness. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- > Those who chose "marriage" as the basic unit for genealogy miss the point. > If you're tracking bloodlines, you are tracking successful matings; > nothing > more, nothing less. If you're looking at families...who inherits, what > titles come down, etc...you may need to deal with the legal situations. > An > adopted son or daughter may or may not inherit a title, for example, > depending on the laws of the time and place. > Stan Young Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
