In a message dated 11/7/01 12:45:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, burlcowebgal@shovergen.com writes: > In one case Anna Kennedy is a taken child of James Carter and family. I do > not see in the census of 1900 or 1910 that her surname ever changed, although > my father-in-law always considered her a cousin (of sorts, as a Carter > daughter married a Demore brother, FILs uncle). > Diane- I think that fits the scenario--she was 'taken in' but never adopted. Had she been adopted her name would have changed, and she would have been listed as having been an adopted child--not as 'taken in'. 'Taken in' to me designates an unofficial standing in the family--not a legal adoption. Joan