Have you checked his baptism? Perhaps they are the Godparents? That would not have been unusual. Brian On Wed, June 22, 2011 3:54 pm, gloria ishida wrote: > Thanks Brian. That would be the term. I had not seen the "foster parents" > blood related in any way to the family but were kind neighbors, I guess. > The grandparents had a full house, including two of Jacques' siblings. > > Gloria > On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:49 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> In the US the term is "foster child". >> >> Which would seem to indicate the parents died or left the child behind. >> >> Brian >>

Can't do that as he is the one not born in Niederroedern; as I mentioned I checked censuses in 12 surrounding communities and parents not to be found. But as soon as I have time I will try to find a relationship. I have found that most always the godparents in this family were relatives. Thanks. Gloria On Jun 23, 2011, at 11:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Have you checked his baptism? Perhaps they are the Godparents? > That would not have been unusual. > > Brian > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message