Thanks Glen, that is what I wanted to know. However, emotions DO play a part, at least in my research. Knowing my daughter-in-laws feelings about her biological parents vs. her adopted parents, and the fact that she provided me a family history of her adopted parents, I have no concern (feelings) that she would be offended by my adding said data to my work. If she did, I would not.
More to the point - there are "stories" in my family that were created because of the feelings of the folks that were involved. If I can tell those stories without offending them (because they are now gone), it is my belief that I can make my research more alive and interesting to other members of my family than research consisting primarily of birth, lived, died, buried facts only. Each to their own, of course. Thanks again, Red Sanders -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of GBallard Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family? Red, I am also adopted. I have not found my biological family and currently do not plan to. I have just under 38,000 names in my database of my adopted line. They are my family. The only family I have ever known. (I was 2 days old when my adoptive parents took me home from the hospital. That said, this would be very much a personal choice as to adding your daughter-in-law's adoptive family or not. Personally I would. I record data and facts in a person's life. I don't record emotions. I try to leave emotions out of genealogy and try to only record facts in one's life. (Hopefully this approach will lessen the chance of hurting someone's feelings) Glen Ballard Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
