Collin, I am adopted and my birth certificate was legally changed by my adoptive parents to reflect them as the mother and father 3 years after they adopted me. The original birth certificate was "sealed" by the court and contains my original parents. My current birth certificate has the same number but reflects the adoptive parents as mother and father.
It sounds like the family of which you speak has done the same. Valerie -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Colin Liddell Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Child Hi Angela, Many thanks for this info, I will do as you say but will leave the adopted parents as the preferred couple as he took their name and was raised by them. They did leave his original surname as the third christian name. Just had another look through the family file and discovered that I have him already entered as a son to his biological parents. Discovered further problems, the New Zealand BMDs show his birth in 1984 instead of 1894(transposition of figures?) and his mother's name is the adoptive mother's name. Total confusion, I suspect someone was telling porkies!!! I will see if I can contact a family member and ask if anyone now knows what actually happened, I am not holding my breath.. The chap concerned died during the WW1 so he did not marry and there were no children. Thank you for trying to help me. Colin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Angela Gabbard To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Child Hi, Enter his biological parents if you have not done so. Then go to the child, click on the parent icon. Per your description it should show his aunt and uncle. If you would like, go to bottom of the page. Set relationship to mother as adoptive; and then you could do the same for the 'relationship to father'. Next click "link to existing parents' Select the appropriate parents from the marriage list that pops up. It then returns you to the 'parent screen'. Highlight their names and then you can set their relationship as "biological" Finally click/highlight on whichever couple you wish to show on the family view. This will be the preferred couple. Angela -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Colin Liddell Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:56 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Adopted Child After some research on the family I discovered that the child was the wife's sister's son (her nephew) and the wife adopted him after the deaths of their husbands who both died in 1891. I have changed the connection to Adopted but would now like to show his real parents. As I have him shown as a son of the family who are actually his uncle and aunt, what steps should I now take to show who his parents are and leave him as an adopted son to his aunt? Any suggestions on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated. Colin. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
