Dora,
I presume you contacted the societies listed below via email. If so, I
would be interested in seeing their responses to your query. If you would
care to share, please send to me off-list at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Kay Fordham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dora Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [LegacyUG] Foster children
I heard back from teh people I contacted at the NGS, TAG, and NEHGS, and
all said that as far as they know no such rules exist, and the editor of
National Genealogical Society Quarterly wanted my source of any information
that the rules we've been debating here exist.
He said that in reality, none of the genealogical software currently
available conforms to genealogical society standards, and one place they
particularly fall short is in allowing for family complexity, such as step
children, foster children, and adopted children.
He recommended Numbering Your Genealogy: Basic Systems, Complex Families,
and International Kin (Arlington, Va.,: National Genealogical Society,
1999), a publication that every serious genealogist should have. The
second chapter addresses step relationships, adoptions, and similar
complexities. It is based on a article that appeared in NGSQ about a
decade ago.
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