David, I am only familiar with that incident in Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. That would occur when the head of the household would send the child to live with a particular person who would board them, care for them, and develop their skills for certain types of work; i.e., cobbler, weaver, caretaker, painter, etc. The instrument will sometimes contain all of the specifications; others are just in general terms. It will also contain information and conditions for the completion of the guardianship. This also occurs when both parents or one of the parents dies early in the life of a child. Usually, there are no family members close by, or, doesn't want to accept the responsibilities. I know of one case where a child had a guardian for the younger years and then, transferred to another person who would see that they had skills in the areas where the child could be responsible and care for himself; become employed; and start a family. My maternal 2nd grate grandfather was placed out with a harness maker and cobbler in one state. Next he showed up in North Carolina where he spent several years working as an intern in other skills before moving to Hiseville District, Barren County, KY where he worked in both skills. Then he immigrated to Perry County, Missouri and worked there until his death. This happened frequently in olden times clear back to BC. The skills acquired were metal workers, artisans for jewelry, weaving, making archery and later guns. Just let you imagination run wild and it would probably have guardianships or internships in its history. Sometimes is covered events where the guardianship was punishment for civil deeds or debts. Hope this might give you an idea where to search for other information to accompany this new fact. Good luck with your research. Kate Redford Salem, Oregon, USA -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David E. Cann Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 6:01 PM To: RootsMagic Users List Posting Subject: [RMagic] Legal guardian fact? As long as I have been using this software I never thought I would be saying this, but how do I enter a legal guardian for someone? I have never run into this before. The guardian did not adopt them (6 siblings), so adoption doesn't appear to be the right choice of fact, but what is? I am thinking about using the generic "Miscellaneous" fact, but I don't really care for that, either. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net or "david.e.cann" on Skype =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message