> I 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 <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> To be completely correct, the plural is mothers-in-law. :-) I usually leave the first name field empty in such cases, though I frequently put "Unknown" when I don't know a surname. So in my own records for a situation like this one, I'd most likely enter "Jones" for his father and "Mary Unknown" for his mother. -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama "Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@knology.net>