In a message dated 10/2/00 12:55:42 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Finding the father should be easier for Kevin. Then he can ask him what his adoptive mother's maiden name was. I found a David L. Irish living in zip code 95472 which is Freestone or Sebastopol California. His date of birth is 12 Sept 1933 so this sounds like the right age. There is no listed phone number for him though. I would have a volunteer check the marriage records in San Franscisco for a marriage record unless they were married in Tennessee. There should also be a divorce record for them that MAY tell when they were married which would then give a clue to a date. Freestone and Sebastopol are in Sonoma County which is just north of San Franscisco County. City directory look up may find him also. Suzanne in Texas >> Suzanne: Many thanks for the information, his first adoptive father died in 1995, according to military records, and all this took place while Kevin was one year or less old. He knew nothing of it until Tennessee opened their adoption records about 4 years ago. Now his second adoptive father, my cousin, who is an attorney, had to come up to Murfreesboro to get the first adoption set aside so he could complete his adoption. I am trying to get a copy of the first adoption papers from Murfreesboro, so far have been unable to do so. Will try to follow up on the information you have given me, again thanks. Ira