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Adoption of Sister
I have a sister that was born sometime in warmer weather of 1949 to 1952 in the state of New York in a home for unwed mothers. She had been living in Troupsburg, New York with her grandparents and they sent her to the home. As I have such limited information, I have not had any luck finding her. I have registered with the…
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Searching for Mother-in-Law Parents
My mother-in-law, Sylvia Jeannine Wilde (Wilde is an adopted name-no longer living- brn April 13, 1929), was adopted and my wife's family is looking for information on her biological parents. According to Canadian adoption papers the mother was Thelma Johnson age 20. At the time of my Mother-in-law birth, Thelma lived in…
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Looking for Grandmother's information about adoption.
My grandmother, Edna Smith Lott (1884-1929) is listed as daughter of Emily J. Bedford and George H. Smith of Syracuse NY. Her biological parents were Jane Browning (1842-1890) and Thomas Clemmings (1835-1887) of Oswego NY. I found an account of two of the Clemmings daughters in an Oswego orphanage for a short period of…
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Adoption
Looking for information on Edward Giffel, Jr. Born July 22, 1916 in Missouri. According to the 1930 Census, he and his sister were adopted. I did find an adoption petition notice in an Illinois newspaper dated 1922 for the potential adoption of a boy named Phillip and a girl named Madeline. Thank you!
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Looking for my Dad's BIO Parents from NC adopted in NorFolk Virginia 1949
@KMary4 Not sure why you listed your post under "Events" which is more commonly reserved for Webinars, classes, Seminars, etc. with a specific date and time. It's more common to post background information about ancestors that have passed on along with any request(s) for assistance in finding additional important…
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1855-1880 NY adoption records?
My great grandfather has been a brick wall for me for 30 years! Family lore said that he was born in Potsdam, New York and was adopted and raised by French Canadians. I cannot find him anywhere in St. Lawrence County. Does anyone have any ideas of where I can look to find him? The first place he shows up in in 1885…
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Trying to find adoption or guardian records on my 3g grandma
Hello I am confused about my 3 great grandmother there are a lot of mixed info I am able to find someone records but how ever she does show her birth rsurname As Miriam almira cozwault if they are guaelegend has it she was indentured to Francis Hanshaw MaryANN d SIMMONS SOME SAY SHE Was formally or informally by the to I…
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bio father
i have thousands of relatives popping up in My Heritage and GEDmatch, how can I differentiate between paternal and maternal? I know my mother's name, and her 1st hubbys name,but I don't think he's my dad. All these folks can't be maternal, surely someone on my dad's side has done DNA testing. Thank you all in advance! Lisa…
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Looking for Info on Kenneth Dawson (b. abt 1949-?) of Kansas/Arizona
Hello, Looking for info on my 1/2 1st Cousin Kenneth Dawson, FS # L2YP-NQ5, who was likely born about 1949 in Kansas. He kept the surname of his mother Wanda Lou Dawson (1932-2006) FS # L2S3-FK9, who is my half-aunt. Wanda Lou Dawson said she had Kenneth Dawson when she was 17 years old and the baby was born out of…
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Artificial Intelligence Tool For Adoption Resources
With the increase in the use of Artificial intelligence, it seems obvious that it could help find resources to help with adoption question. So I created a ChatGPT prompt that will find resources for a given state. It will prompt you for the state you are searching in and provide a list of resources that might be helpful in…