This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: treefind4fun Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7542.6/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is an surprising twist. The adoption of Howard A. Sederquisted is listed in the Cumberland County, Maine Probate Record Index 1908-1923, image 244 on Familysearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32701-2478-32?cc=2040534&wc=MM1F-H4D:19850934 Residence Falmouth, Adoption Sept. 20, 1915. When you go to that dockent number, 7284 in Cumberland County, Main, Probate records, Dockets 1915-1916 vol 7 no 7001-8000, you find the following: Howard Austin Sederquist, now Howard Austin Reed. Residence Falmouth September 20, 1915, Petition for Adoption and change of name granted. Name changed to Howard Austin Reed. Certificate issued. Recorded, Vol. 49 p 188. I believe your father was adopted by Oscar Reed and his wife Mary (Sederquist) Reed. She is, I believe, the Mary E. Sederquist, daughter of John Harvey Sederquist on your tree. (Need to verify marriage record) Oscar and Mary were married in Maine on 23 Jun 1903 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f4=&sx=&f1=sederquist&f9=&f8=&rg_f7__date=&rs_f7__date=0&gskw=&prox=1&db=mainemarriagestate&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=0&h=457156&recoff=25 Perhaps the court records listed may provide further details as to the reason for or nature of the adoption. MR Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.