In message <004c01c4663c$7ea303e0$5e64443d@margmorse>, Marg Morse <esrom57@smartchat.net.au> writes >Explanation for the title kinsman please. >Would the person so called need to be a relation?. yes, normally by blood, though possibly a distant cousin. It MIGHT be stretched to the spouse of a cousin, but usually only if a bequest is to a child of a kinsman (who would be blood related) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society