I have always known I was adopted(told) my records are sealed. Everything costs and I live on only limited cash. Paying for records or even coupies is considered a luxury. ! Dont have a thing to go on, no relatives, nothing to start with even. No addresses of family . No transportation privileges. Turning to yahoo answers for extreme help. At zero cost. Just starting out to search not only for employment also any grounding for my own self. I am now 45. My adopted folks are deceased. Don't even have my birth certificate. My adopted mom went in with me everywhere and vouched for me that I was her kid. Just recently learned of my blood type. Please keep my email address handy if time goes by and hear of info. contact me...Cornbread196@sbcglobal.net. Have much time already invested and very little to show for it. Adopting judge who granted case to the couple that raised me is now dead also. No name of hospital where born. Attending physicans cared for me now gone also. Lin.
2006-10-01 11:42:59 · 7 answers · asked by cornbread196@sbcglobal.net 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
The state you were born in will have a copy of your birth certificate. I know all about not having the money to spend on anything. Depending on the state, the cost for a copy of the certificate should be minimal (less than $15). Some states will issue a statement of birth for less than a copy of the birth certificate.
Should you ever have to do anything with Social Security, you will have to have a copy of your birth certificate anyway. And your birth parent's names should be listed on the certificate.
I have been working on my family history for about 5 years now, and will check with my other contacts in the field to see if anyone can come up with some answers for you.
Please feel free to email me - hudsonms1963@yahoo.com - if there is anything I can do to help you find this basic info.
I also have a group at Yahoo! Groups - genealogyassistants - which is where I'm going to pose your question to see what we come up with.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance.
2006-10-01 17:55:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Go to adoption.com and register all the info you have, no matter how little that may be. Place your birthdate, the city you were born and hey, you do have the name of the judge right?
I can tell you right now, that you are a great age to at least have some info on that web site. Reason being, if your biological parents went on to have other children and they find out mom gave a baby up, your siblings are more likely to want to find you.
I insisted in doing a DNA test with 2 seperate families before I got a positive result. It was worth it to know for a fact we had a match. DNA test no longer cost an arm and a leg.
Also, check adoption.com to see if someone is aready looking for you too. Anyone with the same birthdate and city of birth or matching judge's name is worth checking into. Check often as they get new posts all the time.
I hope this helps.
2006-10-03 10:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey Cornbread,
You need to get your Birth Certificate. That is your start. Without that anything else will be impossible. Here are some web sites for vital records. If you start with the Town/City you were born in, your birth certificate will cost less money (the site below will go the the STATE records facilities) - you want the LONG form.
After that, go to the next site, for adoptions. Sorry, you cannot do this for free, keeping records cost money, so they carge records fees.
2006-10-02 02:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel for you. Somewhere I have several brothers/sisters(1/2) that I've never seen. Only know one of 'em's name. Oldest boy-Nicky. I was not living with my Mom. She was remarried & had several kids, her husband was a drunk & abandoned her when she was pregnant & very ill. Welfare took the kids & put them up for adoption. This happened in Texas in 1950. I didn't know anything about it untill yrs. later. My Mom now has stroke related dementia & can't even remember having them. My aunts are both dead & they were the only ones who really knew anything. They told me all the kids were adopted by the same couple. My cousins were too young to remember much about it. I would very much like to find these siblings but have no info to get started.
Didn't mean to unload on you. I do wish you good luck & will keep your e-mail so if I find any way of looking stuff up, I can let you know.
2006-10-01 12:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by mazell41 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know the state where you were born, contact the Vital Records office. Explain your situation. And, since your adoptive parents are both deceased, you should not be charged a fee. Good luck.
2006-10-01 15:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 10:11:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a dead end. Maybe you should just let it go. How did your adopted Mom get you?
2006-10-01 13:21:51 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋