This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lozier, Hill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1688.1.2 Message Board Post: I am also looking for adopted child records and it sounded from your reply that you know a bit about this. In my case however, both the adoptive parents and the adopted child are deceased (I am the adoptee's daughter). Does this mean the records are forever closed or will a judge accept my notarized request? Thanks for any light you can shed on this.