Many ways to do this. Personally my preference is to pick the first
adoptive family (in case there were more than one adoption), and use
the surname of the adopted family. If / when I discover the birth
surname, I add it to notes. As his / her name changes with adoptions,
I so note it. Sometimes they didn't change, the person kept the
surname of his / her earlier adopted parents. Someone else surely
will chime in with their idea, but my suggestion is to decide what is
most useful for *you* and pick that. Stick with it to be consistent.
Robert
At 2009-08-30 08:23 PM, you wrote:
I have an ancestor with the surname CASSEBEER. However she was
adopted by a STEINWAY family as a child. I recorded her surname as
Cassebeer.
Some questions:
1. Do I record her surname as CASSEBEER followed by a parenthesis (Steinway)?
2. Do I record her surname as CASSEBEER but create and Event/Fact
describing her adoption and new surname STEINWAY? If so, any tree
charts will not show her name as STEINWAY.
3. He marriage record says that a STEINWAY (not a CASSEBEER) got
married. Do I include notes about her adoption in the Event/Fact
MARRIAGE, etc.
Mike Barberi
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