From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Mar 6 07:57:12 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k26EvCjb002393; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:57:12 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26EvBnX016560 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:57:11 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k26CR9FI024765 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:27:09 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k26CR9U8024764 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:27:09 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2681UFI023735 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 03:01:30 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k26AVLPV028537 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 03:31:21 -0700 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Mon Mar 6 03:31:21 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k26AVLjb028528 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 03:31:21 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.42]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26AVIIG015692 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 03:31:19 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-175-91-92.houston.res.rr.com [24.175.91.92]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k26AVGrl024655; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 04:31:17 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <002f01c64109$909c20a0$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Don Timmerberg" , References: <000c01c64071$a1a030f0$6401a8c0@piper101099> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Adopted Child Entry Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 04:34:35 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com If there is no secret about it, and we have a similar case in our family, I simply enter the name of John (Ed Smith) Jones ... and I continue with the Smith line ... not the Jones line because it is not the direct blood line. FTM does not kick it out. The children of John Jones will be carried under his legal name, as will the grandchildren, etc. Most likely, only your published history will tell the tale for generations that will come - You do not say if the mother is the true or adopted mother ... If you want to do the adopted family - Smith - then it's done on a separate lineage and can become a 'chapter' in the completed family history. I have done both lines because there is a birth mother and there was a "Smith' child, but had there been no birth parent involved, I'd probably just add a few notes on the adopted parents in the Notes section and let it go, as that line has no hereditary worth/connection. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Timmerberg" To: Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:27 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Adopted Child Entry > How does one enter the data for a child who was born and named at birth, only to have his name changed when adopted to insure continuity? > By that I mean, let us say, that a child was born Ed Smith; he was adopted and renamed John Jones. His children are, of course, named Jones. There exists a lineage for Smith. On an Ancestry Chart (Pedigree) for a Jones child what must one do to link with the Smith lineage? > My gen. program is Family Tree Maker. > Thanks > Don