hi- my mom's cousin was adoped by mom's great aunt. (rumor had it my grandmom was her bio. mom and she was adopted within the family) All persons involved in the adoption died years ago. ( the last one in the 1960's) I contacted Sacto Adoption Center for the state- was given an address to write to to request copies of the adoption papers and info. I included copies of death certs for all parties involved. They stood firm in the ruling stating a letter of request must come from the adotpee and any bio. siblings before the info will be released. The adoptee died in the early 50's. I have never been able to prove the family rumor that my mom's cousin was actually her sister. Good luck to you! Joni -- Laugh when you can, Apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Kiss Slowly. Play hard. Forgive Quickly. Take Chances. Give everything and have no regrets. Life is too short to be anything but happy! 3onatryke@comcast.net -------------- Original message -------------- From: "James P. Casey" <jpmcasey@cox.net> > Cassandra: > > I was born in San Francisco in 1924 and was adopted. Although I am > now 84 years of age I cannot obtain my true birth certificate from > either San Francisco or Sacramento. How long does this freeze > continue and is there any way of otherwise finding out who my real > birth parents were. I tired directly at the City of SF records > center, but they deferred to Sacramento and cited the "freeze". > > Thank you, > > Marilouise > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message