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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 64 Send Message	Zoe	Report	22 Apr 2006 21:36
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 64 Send Message	Hi, Does anyone know if a Son in Law in 1871 means the same as it does now? In this instance I think it could mean Step son but I am not sure. Any ideas?
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 967 Send Message	Pippa	Report	22 Apr 2006 21:38
	It often means step son in the olden days. Same as cousin could mean absolutely any random relative that could be related somehow but no-one really knows how.
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 19 Send Message	Poppy	Report	22 Apr 2006 21:44
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 19 Send Message	Hi Poker Face!! You could be right about them being step children. i traced family members on the 1861 census and there were 3 daughters, 2 of them called daughters in law, which sounded strange as they were 6 and 10 years old. I have only recently discovered that they would have in fact been step daughters. Maybe they were legally (lawfully) adopted and they called them that. Poppy
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 64 Send Message	Zoe	Report	22 Apr 2006 21:47
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 64 Send Message	That figures. Thanks for that.