Thanks Helen that would make sense - I guess could even be a child that is related in some way. Thanks that's made the grey cells come to life Jean In a message dated 04/03/2008 15:54:34 GMT Standard Time, natbrent@fastmail.fm writes: Hi Jean A 'Nurse Child' is, as I understand it, is either a child who is being looked after by another family - a sort of informal fostering, or it can be a small child who is looking after another younger child or baby - there may have been fees paid to foster parents or to the parents of a chuld who is lokking after others. You may find that the child's family is on the same census. The families may be retlated or friends but not necessarily. In some cases it may also refer to a child given out to a wet-nurse but there doesn't seem to be a 'one case fits all' answer to this. Hope that helps Helen 4583 On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:28:41 EST, JeanAUK@aol.com said: > Hi Everyone > > Can anyone tell me what a Nurse child is relating to a family? If the > child > was very young I'd think it was a nursing baby but the one I am querying > is > age 6. > > I am sure there is such simple explanation. > > Thanks > > Jean in Wiltshire 10774 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message