I missed one point in your e-mail (about adding an unknown spouse).
What I put in my original e-mail would be done for the "assumed adoptive
father". (In other words, while the wife/adopting-husband are in focus.)
You would also add an "unknown" "husband" to the woman. (different
people do different things for "unknown" names - you'll have to pick
your own "poison" for what names you put in the unknown husband's name
fields.) And then with this other wife/husband in focus, you would add
this child, and then change the "relationship to xxx" settings for both
of those parents. I have a "biological" as one of my options. I don't
remember if that's how Legacy came or if I added that one.
Note that if the adopted child is your focus, you can NOT add a FATHER
to it if it already has one father. Instead you have to work with the
wife as a focus (give her 2 "husbands" (one with "was not married"?) and
then add the child to each wife/husband relationship).
I have these options in my "Child-Parent" relationships. Again, not
sure if legacy came with these or if I added some. I have gotten into
the habit now of putting a "period" in front of an event-name that I
create myself (or that come in via an import) - I should probably do the
same for relationships I create myself. Lets me know I need to check
any results a little closer to make sure it shows up correct in
reports. Anyway, here's what options are available in my setup:
Adopted
Biological
Challenged
Disproved
Foster
Guardian
Sealing
Step
Just a thought - it is possible that the child IS biological for both
parents. They may have had the child before they got married. So be
sure you put something in your NOTES stating that the UNKNOWN HUSBAND
and that the BIOLOGICAL/ADOPTED settings for the child are assumed and
further research is needed.
Concerning what names you do (or do not put) into the UNKNOWN HUSBAND's
name fields, I'm following someone else's suggestion, with a few tweaks:
[---?--] unknown first name
[~--?--] unknown last name
Above is usually followed with [[child of xxx]] or [[husband of xxx]]
For example:
[---?--][[child of Uriah Patton]]
This allows me to make sense of the unknown in the NAME LISTS. It is a
bit more typing, but I find it helpful. By using the double brackets, I
can tell reports to NOT include that info in reports. And the text in
single brackets looks OK in reports (in my opinion) and prompts folks to
"fill in the blanks".
Other folks leave the name fields blank in UNKNOWN individuals. Leaving
the fields blanks is kinda the "normal/suggested" method, but I don't
like it. That's one of the beauties of Legacy - it is very flexible.
Bob
On 05/27/2012 07:10, Robert57P_gmail wrote:
> * Add the child to both parents.
> * right click on that child (or any child of the parents for that matter)
> * Click on Children's settings in the pop-up menu
> * Make sure the correct child is highlighted in the resulting pop-up window
> * Change the "Relationship to father" to ADOPTED
> * NOTE - you normally would NOT use the "Child status" to show adopted
> (I did this originally). Instead, use the "Relationship to xxx" fields
> to indicate it individually for each parent.
> * I wish there was an option for this field to pop up automatically when
> a child was added (just like when we add a marriage the marriage detail
> screen shows up). That way we would remember to set this stuff. By
> default, the relationship is set to BLANK (i.e. - to NOTHING). I say
> the auto-pop-up would be an OPTIONAL setting because some folks might
> consider setting these fields as a pain, but some of us would find it
> helpful. (Yes, I have put in a formal suggestion for this.)
>
> Bob
>
> On 05/27/2012 02:21, Tony Rolfe wrote:
>> I have just discovered a census image with a couple who have been
>> married for 3 years. In the family is a 4-year-old adopted son whose
>> surname is the same as the wife's maiden name.
>>
>> it appears likely that the wife had this child out of wedlock (although
>> he may have been a brother's child etc.) and so I have added him as an
>> unlinked individual and then added the wife as a mother, giving an
>> unknown father.
>>
>> So, How do I now add him as an adopted son to the husband who may or may
>> not be the father? At this stage I will assume he is not the father, so
>> I want to keep the unknown father and add the husband as a second
>> father. Is this possible?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
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