ADOPTED:
For children Baptized after their adoption is finalized, "the fact of adoption but not the names of the natural parents" is recorded in the register but never on a certificate. The names is "the Christian name(s) of the child as designated by the adoptive parent(s)"and taken from the revised birth certificate. If both adoptive parents are of the same sex, the names of the adoptive parents are listed in the notations column not the parent column. For adoptions after Baptism, see Sacramental Records Handbook.