Hi - I just received some legal papers from a county courthouse, and although it's solved a puzzle, I'm not sure how to enter and/or correct the information I have in Legacy.
Let me see if I can explain these tangled family relationships: My ggg grandfather Stacy Clay Thompson and his wife Ida May had three grown children. Their oldest daughter Claudia was married to Herbert Randall. Herbert's sister Eliza May (Randall) Udell had a daughter Almira Udell, born August 1893. Eliza's husband died and left her destitute. In August of 1897, when Almira was 4 years old, she was adopted by Stacy & Ida Thompson (Almira's mother's sister-in-law's parents.) They changed her name to Florence Marie Thompson. Florence is listed on the 1900 census as an adopted daughter of Stacy & Ida Thompson. In 1906 Ida May Thompson died and Stacy (presumably) couldn't care for a child. By that time Florence's (Almira's) own mother had remarried & regained property and status. Eliza May (Randall Udell) Johnson and her husband Garrett Johnson adopted Florence back, changing her name legally to Florence Marie Johnson. In my Legacy database, I have Florence M. Thompson (as found on the 1900 census of Manistee, Michigan). I also have Almira Udell, daughter of Eliza May and Roland Udell, as I found it listed on her birth record. These two names are the same individual. How do I indicate that, along with her birth parents (Eliza and Roland), her adoptive parents (Stacy & Ida) and her stepfather (Garrett Johnson)? If I didn't have the copies of the legal papers in front of me, I wouldn't believe this story!!! thanks for your help, Claudia Breland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
