This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennett, Jester, Crain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BRD.2ACEB/4464 Message Board Post: For several years, my family has been trying to discover the details of our grandmothers real parentage. Yesterday, a cousin of mine, while looking for other records in a courthouse in a county we had no reason to even suspect, she discovered the original adoption papers and had them copied. Since the adoption took place just under 100 years ago, there government had no concerns over releasing the records compounded by the fact that the papers revealed that the divorce took place directly between the birth mother and my great grandparents who adopted her; Ralph Jester and Anna Maude Bartmes The papers show that my grandmother was born Bural Bennett. The first name is really off the wall. Her mothers name is recorded throughout the papers as Minnie Bennett. The divorce is recorded on April 4,1907 and my grandmother was born February 22,1955. I believe the papers were discovered in Tuscola IL. but as I won't have a hard copy of the papers till next week, I may be in error on this. There was no reference to a father suggesting that Bural had been born out of wedlock. Also, the transaction fee was $2. I would like to hear from anyone that may have more information.