As someone who was also adopted as a baby, I
chose to research my adoptive family for several decades, not knowing
much of anything about my birth family, as the records were sealed. I
continue to research my adoptive family, and have entered all of the
data I found in Legacy, as they are my
My wife was also legally adopted at an early age (birth father died) by her
now father. We opted to put her in by her birth name and use her adoptive
surname as an AKA. We felt it important for future generations to know the
facts, not emotions. Since her adoptive father is also into genealogy, he
of genealogy, imho.
--Paula in Texas
--- On Thu, 7/2/09, RedSanders redsande...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: RedSanders redsande...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family?
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 8:46 PM
Currently my daughter-in-law
[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
Ditto that. I input all known relations.
Dawn Crowley
ross.chap...@rogers.com wrote:
I personally feel that one should take any and all important lines as far back
as you are able. Although not adopted myself I have cousins who where and if
the knowledge of their parents was known then I
: Re: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family?
Ditto that. I input all known relations.
Dawn Crowley
ross.chap...@rogers.com wrote:
I personally feel that one should take any and all important lines as far
back as you are able. Although not adopted myself I have cousins who where
I personally feel that one should take any and all important lines as far back
as you are able. Although not adopted myself I have cousins who where and if
the knowledge of their parents was known then I would research that line as
well if I could and they wished it. Currently I am doing my own
Red,
I am adopted and at age 35 tracked down my biological parents, so I now have
two set of parents for me in my Legacy family file.
1. To add second set of parents, work in Family View and put the adoptee in
the husband or wife box.
2. Next click the Parents icon (tool button) in the row
I forgot to add that I have traced my biological roots extensively and found
some surprises. My wife and I are biologically 10th cousins, 1 removed and I
am biologically 8th cousins, 3 times removed to my step brothers. I also
learned that I have 5 Mayflower ancestors in my biological line.
though there is no biological connection.
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of
ross.chap...@rogers.com
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:30 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents
: RE: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family?
Currently my daughter-in-law doesn't even know the names of her parents. So I
don't see how I could add any of that line (at present).
However, that is not my focus. My question concerns her adopted family. That
is were I have a reasonable amount
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