This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hMB.2ACI/862.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Nancy, Thanks for responding. After seeing more and more orphaned children situations, I think it was probably common practice for the 'guardian' to have accepted whatever money the children received as payment for their upbringing and care--and I'm sure the extra hands were very appreciated as well. For an interesting sidenote, the children were sent to live with other family members (still looking into this). Anyway, the most intriguing thing about the whole situation is that there is a story that remains untold.