Ron Taylor wrote: > Does anyone know of a correct method to store a child that was > adopted by a single parent? Obviously, both biological parents > should be connected to the child by way of their marriage record if > possible but the woman who adopted the child is not the biological > mother and she has never been married. I don't want an "Unknown" > spouse for her but still need to connect the adopted child to her > which is done via a marriage record. I can enter marriage notes to > explain the situation but I want some way to avoid ever showing a > spouse or at least indicate that there was no spouse and never will > be a spouse for this marriage record.
I put None for the given name and CHILD ADOPTED in the surname field, in a similar situation. In the place of marriage field I specified Single adoptive parent. I would also prefer not to have an unknown spouse where there is no known father because the child is illegitimate. The mother might have been in a relationship and been left holding the baby (literally) but she might have been the victim of rape by a stranger in which case "spouse" is inappropriate. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk 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
