Michele -- In fact, following up on Michael's point, such an article might well appear in the other kind of "family history" that is a specialty in history or sociology, so if you can find a list of articles or journals in that domain, some browsing might pay off. If you don't mind sharing your finds I'm sure many of us would be interested! -- Harold On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Michael Hait <michael.hait@hotmail.com>wrote: > Try searching Google Scholar, JSTOR, Sage Publications, etc. > > If a study has been conducted, it would not likely appear in genealogical > literature, but more likely in a dissertation or a historical journal. > > Michael Hait, CG(sm) > michael.hait@hotmail.com > http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com > "Planting the Seeds" Blog: http://michaelhait.wordpress.com > > CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants > after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in > the US Patent & Trademark Office. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michele Lewis > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:18 PM > To: TGF Mailing List > Subject: [TGF] an article for this? > > I am looking for an article or a book that has information about trends in > the 1800s where if the mother died leaving an infant, and the father was > also young, that the grandparents (or someone else) usually raised the > child, not the now single father. I have several examples of this in my > file but I am writing up something where I won't be able to just put > examples from my file, I need some sort of scholarly study or observations. > Has anyone seen something like this? I have tried doing a general Google > search, and searches on Google Book, InternetArchives and Family History > Books (FamilySearch). Trying to word the searches has been interesting. > > > > Michele > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Harold Henderson midwestroots.net Research, Writing, and Brickwall Dismantling from Northwest Indiana Regularly Researching at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Certified Genealogist (SM) No. 1029 Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board’s associates.