This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: handford/hawthorne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mNC.2ACE/1900 Message Board Post: desperately seeking help on finding more info. about an adoption which took place back in 1929. annie kate [known as nancy] and stephen hawthorne adopted a baby girl named isabel in winnipeg. anyone knowing anything or even a web site to help me would be greatly appreciated. annie's maiden name was handford. I've found that manitoba;s laws are quite different than ontario's. Thus, I haven;t gotten to much to go on. ahappy new year to everyone. Your's kindly, michele.