Would love to find some kind of record re my gr gr grandfather David Osborn....named along with his siblings as heirs to Cyrus Osborn, early to mid 1800's.... DNA of his descendants does not match that of the siblings' descendants...Of course, he could be illegitimate, but I'm wondering if Cyrus was named a guardian for some unknown reason.... Really has my entire family mystified!! Any suggestions? Barbara Head Ward in Indiana On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:47:19 -0500 Dennis Kowallek <kowallek@iglou.com> writes: > On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 08:07:19 -0800 (PST), Sandy Wallace > <sandyhwallace@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >I was able to get into the new online records and found my male > ancestor named guardian to his brother's children in 1843. Does > this mean the mother had died too? Or could mothers not be > guardian's of their own children then? The new information was > wonderful, but I'm still trying to unravel it all. > > I have a case where the father was named guardian of his own child. > This > was because the child, a minor, received an inheritance from his > deceased mother's father. So a legal guardian was named to manage > the > inheritance until the boy was 21 years old. > > So the answer to your question might involve the circumstances for > which > the guardianship was required. > > I also vaguely recall a situation similar to your's ... where the > widow's brother was named guardian of her minor children. > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek - kowallek@iglou.com > Research in Butler Co., Ohio > http://butler.kowallekfamily.com/index.htm > > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: > Kaesemein@aol.com > > Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives > here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > > Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.ha milton/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Diet Help Cheap Diet Help Tips. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=canctiJ-iIP8Y4V_pJgREAAAJ1CfLv-2USU3smwscMefYXjeAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYQAAAAAA=