> have several situations where a person listed as a mother in law > is living with her son. > i.e. > Jim Jones B 1803; > Mary Jones B:1780 mother-in-law. > > Since her maiden name probably is not Jones, What name do you > enter as the name of her husband? > > keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net I think this is a census misunderstanding. Wife gives the name of her husband as Jim Jones. She says my mother-in-law is Mary Jones. Ergo, Mary Jones is listed as mother-in-law.