Hi Ros I think you will find the spectrum of possibilities is a wide one Think of a situation and I rather suspect it happened at some point in time Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Roslyn Macgregor <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Everyone so much. Both of the fostered children I'm looking at are > from over 100 years ago, but I expect it's going to mean anaother trip to > the UK :-) I suppose it's also possible women took in young pregnant women > and then kept the children sometimes as foster children? > Ros