I have a appointment for Guardianship for my GGG grandfather. His wife died and he requested guardianship. He was married 3 or 4 times had all these children and it makes one just wonder why would the man have to have this document if they were his own children? Ronda ----- Original Message ----- From: Lanita Sconce Miller Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:10 PM To: MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] another view My lookup volunteer said this about our topic: "By law, women could not have legal custody of children back then so Guardian's were appointed. Usually all they did though was hold any inheritance or trust that the father left the children until they became an adult. I have never seen an instance where the child actually went to live with the guardian." Lanita