coopah

I wish you luck on your journey. A dear friend just found her birth family and she is in her mid-50s. A LOT of shenanigans went on back then with adoptions. Hope you find your answers and that you are happy with them.

Shayvian

to the county seat where the adoption took place. If you can, hire a lawyer. He will be able to grease the wheels for you. Take your own id along in case you have to provide it.

Snooks

If you have ANY names (family), dates, places, etc.. you could start with Ancestry.com. Start with YOUR family tree, then grow out. Each time you add people you have a chance of finding other people looking into some of your people. I have had to fill in ALL the information for my (NOW), very large family. I was always told I was an ONLY CHILD (I knew I had a half sister from my fathers first wife - no big deal), but about 5 years ago I got a phone call out of the BLUE from a women saying she was a sister from my moms first husband (it turns out my mom had 4 kids, before me & NEVER talked about them). This whole other family has been VERY kind to me, knowing that I have had a hard time with all of this (feeling my whole life was a lie, trying to understand, trying to get to know people who had always been looking for the missing mother, etc...). As it sits I'm the only one who has answers for these other people (my mother is alive, but NOT talking), I'm the only person with medical information about family. But putting it onto Ancestry, I've been able to fill in blanks for everyone (even about these peoples father who I didn't know, but who has passed away. I have found his older brothers kids and they have helped fill in information from that side), I know it takes time but you don't have to do it all in a day. You and your family will need to remember, not every one is ready to jump in with both feet. Your husband has had (little as it is), more information than the boy his sister had. So be ready to take it as slow as the slowest person wants, just so no body feels like they have been HIT BY A BUS!!!! Good luck, you can always PM me & I can give you some other information that might help in your search.

Dakota Girl

I am dealing with a slightly different issue but in the same vain. I found out, just before my mother died that she had been born out of wedlock. I can't fathom the way her whole family kept this secret for so long. She was born at home and as a result did not even have a birth certificate. Her father apparently skipped town. I have his name, Charles Mc/Mac Donald
he was from Oakville, Ontario. I have been trying for several years to find information about him, his is a very common name in Canada. It does explain why I, two of my children and four of my grandchildren have red hair.

quiltingcurious

Try adoption.com, you can post as the adoptee or search for an adopted person. List all the pertinent information from your husband's sister, name, birthdate, location and that she surrendered a baby boy for adoption, his birthdate, location, and that he has 5 1/2 siblings looking for him and your contact information.
I'll be praying he is actively looking too and will contact you.

Latrinka

What a tangled web we weave.

kyquiltlover1942

My oldest is adopted. In KY the adoption agency can only release information if there is a letter from the birth mother, stating that this is OK. My child spent about 15 years trying to locate her. He finally had enough information, but no name, to track her down through a web site. Sorry, he could not remember the site. Kinda lost all interest when his b-mother, told his to leave her alone, and quit harrassing her. This was after one note, and a picture of a newborn son.

Betsy Landgraf

I wish I had a clue as to who my birth mother was, I only know I was adopted . When my grandmother told me i was adopted I was 7. later I learned what adopted meant. I was always to embarrased to ask my parents. I Have been twice to court house and secretary wouldnt let me talk to the judge , saying I need a birth name, and that everyone i am searching for is probably deceased. Therefore, I only know I am adopted. I did have a wonderful life, many cousins, was well provided for and I accept the fact I have no distant history, so I cant do any geneology. Happy in Okla

Ramona Byrd

[QUOTE=KarenSimon;5357926]I find it easier to surf the Internet in the middle of the night because the web is usually faster. I got started looking for Adoption Records tonight and need some input of who can request these records.
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I'm also looking for old records, death records. In 1952, on his 50th birthday, my father walked out on Mom and 7 children, the youngest 18 months!!! He took all the pictures of him...so no pics to give to cops. We had lost track of his side of the family years before, but last month I got in touch with 3 cousins. They said Dad's sister told them in LATE 1952 that Dad was back in Yuma, AZ. She "Found" us in 1972 and visited but never told her own son or brothers.
Leslie George Byrd...all we want is where he is buried. We admit that we probably have half siblings but don't want to
bother them, we have some here we suspect are kin. Duplicates of 3 of us, found by family. Right ages too!!

Some states seem to guard such records like they were state secrets, others cheerfully open all their records to all.
And I'm still discovering masses of stuff about my Dad's family, I like what I've found. Good, solid citizens, military
or police, or military then police, almost all the Byrds/Birds seem to carry badges. Irish and German, that's Dad's side, which I did not know.

Sorry, just got carried away with researching online. You might try different states around CO, people do tend to
move around quickly. And sometimes they move not very far away at all. I've read of father and son both going to
work at the same place and finding out later they were kin!!!!

Cindy60545

Try Troy Dunn. He & a partner have an agency down in FL that specializes in finding adopteds. I can't think of the company name tho. He just had a show on TV not long ago reuniting people. He helped me find my oldest & middle son. Just google his name & his history should come up. They can find anybody!