Shelagh & Victor Thanks for your help. I've now "moved" the child into the full family and added an extra row to my text scheme so "Adopted" now shows. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelagh" <bessaston@gmail.com> To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [FHU] Adopted Son > In the main focus window of the parents, where the list of children show, > there is the name of child, sex, date of birth, rel, then the arrow. When > on > the correct child line you can click in the "rel" box and it will bring up > a > list of options (illegitimate, birth, adopted etc.) you could try that. > > Shelagh > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian > Horridge > Sent: 24 January 2012 16:38 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Adopted Son > > Can I ask how others record an adopted son. > > I have one with a family on the 1901 census where he is recorded with a > different surname. Initially, I linked him to the man by creating another > un-named spouse and the child is a descendant of that 2nd "relationship". > > However, it looks odd on a descendants chart but then it could easily be > misleading if I include him as a direct member of the main family group. > > I suppose I could create an "Adopted" flag and then use that to modify any > diagrams (either with an Icon or text line). > > Anyway, I'd appreciate any thoughts. > > Many thanks > > Brian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message