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I previously posted a question about adoption records in Indiana. I have been trying to determine if my grandfatgher had been adopted by John Morton Walker. I submitted an inquiry to the State of Indiana and this is the response they sent to me:
"The Indiana State Department of Health-Vital Records did not start keeping track of adoptions until 1941. Our birth records did not start until 1907. If you are wanting a birth record please contact the local health department were the birth occurred. You may obtain the adoption record from the court where the adoption was finalized."
I am assuming from the Indiana website (https://www.in.gov/isdh/27862.htm that depending on the time frame and your relationship to the person in question, you might receive more specific information regarding an adoption.
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Steve have you checked the Indiana links post on the right hand side of this page? (If you are using a cell phone, the links will show below the main feed instead.)
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I have looked at some of the links. I think maybe I should have gone a different route rather than looking for an adoption. i am primarily interested in determining if my grandfather himself changed his last name from Gray to Walker.
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Do you have Walker, Gray , or both in your DNA matches?
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No sure how to answer. When i search my dna relatives for walker I get 11 names and when I search gray I get 10 hints. Does that answer your question?
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