As Bev stated, s stands for son. Anyone under the age of 21 needed consent from their parent (s) or guardian. I've not seen anything stating that the mother signed only if the father was deceased. However, I have noticed that the father signed for all of my ancestors until his death and then the mother signed for any remaining children.....someone on the list may have found that to be untrue for their line, however. Alley

Thanks Alley. I needed some clarification here. Too many "ideas". I appreciate it. -----Original Message----- From: Alley [mailto:alley@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 6:00 PM To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [VASHENAN] Question? As Bev stated, s stands for son. Anyone under the age of 21 needed consent from their parent (s) or guardian. I've not seen anything stating that the mother signed only if the father was deceased. However, I have noticed that the father signed for all of my ancestors until his death and then the mother signed for any remaining children.....someone on the list may have found that to be untrue for their line, however. Alley ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html