If anyone is using Legacy 6.0 Deluxe, there is provision for indicating the relationship of a child to a parent. I use this software and have the choices of adopted, step, biological, foster, disproved, guardian, sealed. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <pdz99@sbcglobal.net> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] adoption question > My genealogy program doesn't allow for adoption lines. Once a person is > adopted, that "bloodline" doesn't go backwards--only forward. In my > opinion, it's hard enough tracing our bloodlines, let alone the adoptee's > line. I have cousins from Lorain County who were adopted due to parents' > early deaths, and I tried to get info on them. All the agency would do > was take my name in case the adoptees were looking for realatives. > > In addition, I have an adopted "aunt" whom I would never be able to > trace, as she was just "given" to my grandfather and wife. She was born > in 1910, and lived in a farming community. > > Best regards, > Patricia Daly > > > > MScheffler <mscheffl@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > Some people trace both the blood lines and the ancestors of adoptive > parents. What is important is to make sure that a distinction is clear on > any printouts that you distribute so as to not mislead. Your genealogy > program may have a way to include two sets of parents. > > You may be able to find the birth parents or you could just chose to > mark that your grandfather was adopted and go on to other lines. You might > at least want to check out the particulars related to adoption in the area > where your grandfather lived. Then you can decide whether is seems > realistic to try to track down possible records to determine who the birth > parents might be. > > Margaret Scheffler > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:02 AM > Subject: [OHLORAIN] adoption question > > >> My Mom's dad was adopted.....how do I handle this? Do I try to find the >> original family or just not do anything on the chart about it other than >> note >> "adopted"? All my grandma knew was that her husband's mother, Mary, came >> here >> from England. She didn't know what happened to the dad or anything but >> his >> name was Spooner. We don't know the mom's maiden name, either. >> >> No one is left alive who knows any more than this. >> >> I found my grandpa's obit. He died when my Mom was a year old and my >> uncle >> was four. My grandma worked at either Taylor's or Bailey's Dept. store >> in >> downtown Cleveland. The adopted sister watched my mom and uncle for free >> so my >> grandma could work. There was no welfare, food stamps, etc. back in 1915 >> so >> I wonder how in the heck she raised her kids without going crazy. >> >> Alice > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-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 > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Guess I need to pay for the update...I'm still at 4.0! Kathy Gies <katyquilts2@sbcglobal.net> wrote: If anyone is using Legacy 6.0 Deluxe, there is provision for indicating the relationship of a child to a parent. I use this software and have the choices of adopted, step, biological, foster, disproved, guardian, sealed. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" To: Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] adoption question > My genealogy program doesn't allow for adoption lines. Once a person is > adopted, that "bloodline" doesn't go backwards--only forward. In my > opinion, it's hard enough tracing our bloodlines, let alone the adoptee's > line. I have cousins from Lorain County who were adopted due to parents' > early deaths, and I tried to get info on them. All the agency would do > was take my name in case the adoptees were looking for realatives. > > In addition, I have an adopted "aunt" whom I would never be able to > trace, as she was just "given" to my grandfather and wife. She was born > in 1910, and lived in a farming community. > > Best regards, > Patricia Daly > > > > MScheffler wrote: > Some people trace both the blood lines and the ancestors of adoptive > parents. What is important is to make sure that a distinction is clear on > any printouts that you distribute so as to not mislead. Your genealogy > program may have a way to include two sets of parents. > > You may be able to find the birth parents or you could just chose to > mark that your grandfather was adopted and go on to other lines. You might > at least want to check out the particulars related to adoption in the area > where your grandfather lived. Then you can decide whether is seems > realistic to try to track down possible records to determine who the birth > parents might be. > > Margaret Scheffler > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:02 AM > Subject: [OHLORAIN] adoption question > > >> My Mom's dad was adopted.....how do I handle this? Do I try to find the >> original family or just not do anything on the chart about it other than >> note >> "adopted"? All my grandma knew was that her husband's mother, Mary, came >> here >> from England. She didn't know what happened to the dad or anything but >> his >> name was Spooner. We don't know the mom's maiden name, either. >> >> No one is left alive who knows any more than this. >> >> I found my grandpa's obit. He died when my Mom was a year old and my >> uncle >> was four. My grandma worked at either Taylor's or Bailey's Dept. store >> in >> downtown Cleveland. The adopted sister watched my mom and uncle for free >> so my >> grandma could work. There was no welfare, food stamps, etc. back in 1915 >> so >> I wonder how in the heck she raised her kids without going crazy. >> >> Alice > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-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 > OHLORAIN-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 OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On the FTM lineage page, at least on the past Family Tree Maker programs, you could indicate relationship to each parent. Haven't installed my newer FTM programs yet...too busy with other things to deal with that kind of a change right now!! I'd never get anything else done!! Ann At 02:57 PM 1/11/2007, you wrote: >If anyone is using Legacy 6.0 Deluxe, there is provision for indicating the >relationship of a child to a parent. >I use this software and have the choices of adopted, step, biological, >foster, disproved, guardian, sealed. > >Kathy > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Patricia" <pdz99@sbcglobal.net> >To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:43 AM >Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] adoption question > > > > My genealogy program doesn't allow for adoption lines. Once a person is > > adopted, that "bloodline" doesn't go backwards--only forward. In my > > opinion, it's hard enough tracing our bloodlines, let alone the adoptee's > > line. I have cousins from Lorain County who were adopted due to parents' > > early deaths, and I tried to get info on them. All the agency would do > > was take my name in case the adoptees were looking for realatives. > > > > In addition, I have an adopted "aunt" whom I would never be able to > > trace, as she was just "given" to my grandfather and wife. She was born > > in 1910, and lived in a farming community. > > > > Best regards, > > Patricia Daly > > > > > > > > MScheffler <mscheffl@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > > Some people trace both the blood lines and the ancestors of adoptive > > parents. What is important is to make sure that a distinction is clear on > > any printouts that you distribute so as to not mislead. Your genealogy > > program may have a way to include two sets of parents. > > > > You may be able to find the birth parents or you could just chose to > > mark that your grandfather was adopted and go on to other lines. You might > > at least want to check out the particulars related to adoption in the area > > where your grandfather lived. Then you can decide whether is seems > > realistic to try to track down possible records to determine who the birth > > parents might be. > > > > Margaret Scheffler > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:02 AM > > Subject: [OHLORAIN] adoption question > > > > > >> My Mom's dad was adopted.....how do I handle this? Do I try to find the > >> original family or just not do anything on the chart about it other than > >> note > >> "adopted"? All my grandma knew was that her husband's mother, Mary, came > >> here > >> from England. She didn't know what happened to the dad or anything but > >> his > >> name was Spooner. We don't know the mom's maiden name, either. > >> > >> No one is left alive who knows any more than this. > >> > >> I found my grandpa's obit. He died when my Mom was a year old and my > >> uncle > >> was four. My grandma worked at either Taylor's or Bailey's Dept. store > >> in > >> downtown Cleveland. The adopted sister watched my mom and uncle for free > >> so my > >> grandma could work. There was no welfare, food stamps, etc. back in 1915 > >> so > >> I wonder how in the heck she raised her kids without going crazy. > >> > >> Alice > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > OHLORAIN-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 > > OHLORAIN-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 >OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message