I had a similar situation, my husbands "aunt" lived with his uncles for most of her life. I found that she was buried with the same last name as them. What I found was that she was a cousin, daughter to a brother of my husbands grandfather. Of course this was not easy and I am guessing it took me about a year. I still work full time and can only devote part time to my research. But I went to the cemetery, got dates. I look in the census reports for all the people in that area with the same last name. It was a struggle and I almost gave up because there was another girl with the same name different age in the reports. I had to put it away and go back to it because it was so frustrating. Look in family Bibles, that may also give you a clue as to when the child was added to the family or maybe even a place they were from. Sometimes there are clues that are right there and not seen because you are not really looking for that particular thing when you saw it. Did your Aunt go by the same last name as you grandfather? Barbara -----Original Message----- From: ohlorain-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlorain-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Patricia Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:44 AM To: ohlorain@rootsweb.com 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