This is how I record these single parent adoptions in Legacy. Add a new marriage status "Single Parent Adoption" and apply that to the marriage record that is linking the adopted child to the single parent. Leave the spouse blank because there is not a spouse. Legacy could provide a way to eliminate showing the spouse as "Unknown" for this marriage status. Jay is absolutely correct where he says there is no way around it. Children are linked to their parents (or parent) with a marriage record regardless of whether there was actually a marriage. Ron Taylor
________________________________ From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 2:02 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Solo parent adoption Jay, Whilst what you say is true, I suspect that Sue is asking a different question. Initially she says "a solo mother" there is an implication here that this was the situation at the time of the adoption. If that was the case then the addition of an unknown male partner to Sue would be incorrect. If, Sue, that is the case, please do let us know so that we are aware of the exact situation. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> wrote: Sue, Stop trying to get rid of it and look for a way to word your 'father' and mother of the adopted child, that works well for you. The child was not an immaculate conception, so he/she has biological parents. Personally, I use UnknownM for the father and UnknownF for the mother as biological parents, and then list the child as adopted underneath the mother and her 'other' (and even if she doesnt have any significant other relationship , the way Legacy is currently written, you cannot get around it) Jay On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Sue McLachlan <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, >I have a solo mother on my tree who has adopted a child and I can’t get rid of the “unknown” father on the reports. >I have read past posts and tried the following: >Under customise, I have turned the unknown to just leave blank. but it still comes up. >Tried the did not marry. >Tried leaving private, but then the daughter isn’t printed either. >I am using Legacy 7.5 >Thanks for any help >Sue McLachlan (NZ) > > >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 > 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 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 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
