Sometimes the church that a child was baptised in isn't aware that the child
was ultimately adopted and, if you're lucky, might provide copies of the
baptismal certificate or record. That is what happened with regard to a new
found cousin that I was trying to assist. After her adopted mother passed
Hi Jim - thanks for changing the subject line. As soon as I hit send I
realized I missed that. :-(
My adoption had pieces in both Missouri and Illinois (long story). My birth
certificate is sealed in Missouri, but the adoption records and casework files
are sealed by the court in Illinois. I
I changed the subject line to reflect the topic
better.
I have found that a key detail can be a tale tale sign
of adoption.
With my exhusband's adoption, he was 17 years old, and
it actually had to be legally done so he could get his
driver's license. He was born in 1974, and back then,
his parent
Larry,
I am adopted but was born in British Columbia. My birth certificate was also
amended to show my adoptive name and the original was sealed by order of the
court, so this seems to be common practice in Canada too.
I found my birth parents in 1986 and have a good relationship with them and
my
There were many times when my family were going west on the wagon trains
where parents died leaving children. My ancestors adopted and raised
those children often they took the family name. THEY ARE FAMILY as far
as I am concerned. I tag their biological parents if known as a second
set of p
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