Shouldn't they forward a letter to her from him as they both have requested to meet?? They would do that in our county here in Michigan and I can't imagine there is that much difference in states. Also there is the Freedom of Information Act to try to use. Ads in newspapers of the area. There are also the hundreds of adoptee message boards, and organizations such as CUB and ALMA which reunite families. ...Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: <diamond6468@mindspring.com> To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 9:53 AM Subject: searching for half-sister > On Feb 1, 1966, a male child was born in Daytona Beach, Florida - was > eventually adopted in the state of Alabama - he requested a search be done > for his birthmother in 1999, the Al DHR did so and found that she had died > of lung cancer in 1985, but that he had a half-sister who had kept him > while he was a child (prior to his adoption), and had looked for him and > rerquested that Al DHR tell him her address, they refused. Not much mystery > but since he cannot get any info from DHR, we are trying all avenues. Her > name is possibly Barbara, and his birthname is possibly Ward. He now wants > to find his sister and where his birth mom was buried. Any help would be > appreciated. > delilah > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >