Genealogists search for people all the time. Over time, the researches skills improve and knowledge of resources increases. Some become to experienced from their personal research, they take those skills, become certified professionals and help others find their ancestors. However, sometimes the search turns from the dead to the living. An especially delicate, and often [...]
The following teaser is from an excellent article posted in the May 10, 2013 edition of Shine.yahoo.com: After 30 years of combing through databases and Internet search results, a mother and the son she gave up for adoption have been reunited, thanks to a random message posted on the family history record-keeping site Ancestry.com. Janice [...]
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 15, 2013 edition of dailymail.co.uk: Two long-lost brothers have been reunited for the first time in an incredible 80 years after they were fostered to different families as babies. Ron Boyes, 83, was sent to Heage in Derbyshire when he was three, while his [...]
The following teaser is from the March 4, 2013 edition of the Norman Transcript: NORMAN [Oklahoma] — At age 36, Norman resident Kevin Lewis knows he will take action to be screened for a genetically inheritable form of cancer. His biological father died from cancer in 2005, and that puts him in a high-risk category. [...]
The following teaser is from an article posted in the February 11 edition of marionstar.com. Betsie Norris has access to her birth certificate, but thanks, in part, to her adoptive father’s testimony, thousands of people adopted between 1964 and 1996 do not. Norris, executive director of Adoption Network Cleveland, plans to correct that with legislation [...]
The State of Minnesota has put out for bid a project entailing the digitizing of about 5 million pages of Minnesota adoption records. The records go back as early as the 1890s, but most will start about 1917, as that’s when the state started systematically collecting adoption records. The records run from the 1890s to [...]
The following excerpt is from an article in the November 11, 2012 edition of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail: A RETIRING registrar has been accused of deliberately destroying adoption records detailing the birth parents of babies born over 30 years. The records, held by council officials, contained vital details for children who later wanted [...]
Nearly half of the United States population, approximately 140,000,000 people, have some connection with adoption in their immediate family. Whether the connection is an immediate association with an adopted member of their family, or from the relinquishment for adoption. Often both adoptees and “birth” parents are left with life-long questions: Where did I come from? [...]
Interesting… The following teasor is from an article in the September 27, 2012 Star Advertisor. A Molokai man has filed a lawsuit seeking to use DNA to prove his ancestry so he can qualify for the Hawaiian homelands program. The program provides Native Hawaiians with 99-year leases at $1 per year. To qualify, an applicant [...]
The following excerpt is from the July 2, 2012 edition of 630wpro.com: Rhode Island is making adoption records available for the first time to adults 25 years or older. A state law adopted in September, 2011 has just taken effect, and on Monday, Governor Lincoln Chafee ceremoniously handed birth records to four adoptees, as dozens [...]
Genealogists search for people all the time. Over time, the researches skills improve and knowledge of resources increases. Some become to experienced from their personal research, they take those skills, become certified professionals and help others find their ancestors. However, sometimes the search turns from the dead to the living. An especially delicate, and often [...]
Several weeks ago, my friend, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, sent me a copy of her new book. It’s titled “Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing.” I finally got the chance to sit down and read it cover to cover. Megan knows how to write, with several successful books behind her. However, in my humble opinion, this [...]
The following excerpt is from the November 23, 2011 edition of the Sonoma News. It’s one of those happy-ending stories, well worth the read. Sonoma City Manager Linda Kelly knows how to roll with the punches. She’s dealt with budget deficits, unfair state mandates and issues that sometimes pull her in several different directions at [...]
The following teaser is from the November 14, 2011 edition of the Belleville News Democrat: Starting Tuesday, people who were adopted can get their birth certificates if they were born on or after Jan. 1, 1946. Adopted or surrendered adults can request a non-certified copy of their original Illinois birth certificate. Only people who are [...]
The following is an excerpt from a letter written to Governor Christie by adoptee Stacy Patton. Very interesting letter. I am case number KC 114343 in the New Jersey foster care system, and like thousands of other adoptees — some women like me, some black like me — I will not have a right to [...]
