My first guess would be that it's really "SD" for step-daughter. I don't know if that makes sense for that family but it's the only thing I could think of. Maybe there's a colloquial term for 'adopted' or 'taking care of' that I'm not familiar with. Matt >From: "Lisa Fehrenbach" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Census Relationship? > > Can anyone shed some light on a relationship of "SR" in the 1880 >Census?? It refers to a 6month old female with a different last name than >the head of household. Thanks, >Lisa Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com