How do I find birth certificates and or adoption information on someone born between 1913 and 1914 i

Renee5397

How do I find birth certificates and or adoption information on someone born between 1913 and 1914 i

Áine Ní Donnghaile

@Renee5397 To give you a good answer, we need more information. What part of the world are you searching? The regulations and available records are different depending on where you are searching.

Renee5397

Northern NY state/Quebec Canada, and possibly Vermont. My grandfather was adopted, I am having no luck finding his birth records or adoption records. I assume, since as an adult he and my grandmother adopted thru Catholic Charities, that he was adopted thru Catholic charities as well. Any and all help would be appreciated.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

New York State has, historically, been one of the most difficult places to learn details of adoptions. It's become a little easier within the last few years, but you will not find information online.
https://www.archives.nysed.gov/content/how-do-i-find-adoption-records-new-york-state

And Catholic records are held possibly more closely than NYS civil records.

This article from Gail Dever is a few years old, but it may help you with Quebec adoption records. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=24190

You might post in the Canada Research group for more help with Canadian records and in the Atlantic States group for New York.

Best of luck.

Renee5397

Thank you for helping :)