Bill, There is no totally satisfactory way of dealing with this, at least not one that I know of. Firstly, I use the birth name as this is genetically correct albeit legally incorrect after the adoption. Secondly I put the adopted name in the AKAs and thirdly ensure that the adopted parents are shown as such in their statuses.
There is no reason that I can see as to why the adopted name and birth name should not be reversed, if one wishes. Caution is advised for living persons and/or their descendants! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Willard Ellis Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Surname change at adoption. My father adopted to males during his second marriage and changed their surnames from Shafer to Ellis. The off springs from these two males also have the Ellis surname. I'm not sure how I should have listed these two adopted males. I have linked them to my father and his second wife with the Ellis surname and shown in the child status as father adopted and mother biological. Then I linked them to their biological father with the Ellis surname even though their original surname is Shafer. Should I have used their biological surname with both sets of parents. If I did that, then their children would the wrong surname and I would have to make a change there and explain why. Is their a better way to do this. It seems that this name change thing will put a hiccup in my research. Bill Ellis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
