What can you get? From: Adoption Records – California Department of Social Services You may be able to obtain a copy of the adoption record that is maintained by the superior court by filing a petition, under California Family Code 9200, in the clerk’s office of the county superior court…
Birth family are the people you’re biologically related to — mom, dad, siblings and children. The link for adoptees and birth mothers and fathers is usually severed soon after birth. How can the U.S. Census help these relatives find each other? Even though the census is available through 1940, only,…
Adoptees are confronted with the investigative challenge of how to search for a birth parent when you don’t know their name. Well, let’s say you are looking for a birth mother who was born 50+ years ago and you only know her birth name. Even when the adoptee’s original birth…
