RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2009-08-03 Thread CE Wood
Family Report, under Children, son, the Event of his adoption will be shown. CE -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [Leg

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2009-08-03 Thread Bruce Jones
Let me see if I can help. When you select to show 1/2 children, the Family View will show all children who are *linked* to at least one of the two main persons (usually husband & wife). The 1/2 indicator means that child is only linked to one of the two main persons, not both. It doesn't mean anyt

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2009-08-03 Thread CE Wood
When you enter him as a child of you and your 1st wife, he will be a full, but when you also enter him as a child of you and your 2nd wife, he will be listed both as 1/2 and regular under each family because that's what he is. He is a biological child of both you and your first wife, so you enter

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2007-07-29 Thread Mitch Mackrory
Matt, I would think that if this was not shown as an error then no error would be shown for a birth that was, say 1,000 years, prior to the marriage date and that would clearly be in error. I suspect more births occur after the marriage even for adoptions and to me it makes sense to have it show

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2007-04-19 Thread Linda Altman
Marg: This is rather simple to do in Legacy. 1) You enter the biological parents for each adopted child. 2) Next, enter adoptive parent(s) and mark the relationship to father/mother as adopted. This way the child is linked to all parents. You have the option to choose which set of pa

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2007-04-19 Thread ronald ferguson
Marg, It is possible for children to have two sets of parents, biological and adoptive. Click on the Parents' Icon and you are given the option of entering new parents. If you go to the child's adoptive parents, right click on the child then Childrens Settings, you can set the relationship

RE: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread leo macdonald
Pat wrote: I'm new; bare with me! When I enter a child that was the biological child of two people who later divorced and that child was then adopted by the second wife of the biological father of the child, how do I get the child to show up under both cases, or can I? This is very easy Pat, j

RE: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Select the Father. Add 2nd wife. Now the child shows up with 1 set of parents: Father and 1st wife. Select the child. Add new parents: Father and second wife. Now, the child has two sets of parents. You may then set the child's relationship to all three parents to adopted or biological as appropr

Re: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread whoudek123
Pat Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new; bare with me! > > When I enter a child that was the biological child of two people > who later divorced and that child was then adopted by the second > wife of the biological father of the child, how do I get the > child to show up under both c

Re: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread Mike Fry
Pat Jones wrote: I'm new; bare with me! Not if you're in the Northern hemisphere :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** Legacy User Group guidel

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2006-10-26 Thread Yvonne Murgatroyd
Thanks Ron, could I ask you to contact me off list please at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Yvonne www.buxtonairedales.com "There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear" Frank Tyger Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messag

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2006-10-26 Thread ronald ferguson
Yvonne, The procedure is straight forward. link them to their new parents ie. existing mother and new father and then show the relationship to their father as adopted. To do that first click on the parents icon in Family View and make the link with parents. Then with the children in lower boxe

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2006-09-05 Thread Heather Stovold
It wouldn't matter which order the parents are added.  Heather  On 9/5/06, Jan Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wouldn't you add the natural parents first then add the adoptive parents asit is not that blood line? Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Eti

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2006-09-04 Thread Cathy
Hi Ron, You can add the children normally and then right click on one when in the Children Position and choose Children's Settings From there you can add Child Status, Relationship to Father, Relationship to Mother for each child. If you know the natural parents, you can add them as a second s