I am looking for information about a possible adoption located in Boston or Maine newspapers. I know this is a long shot but wow, what a find if I could solve it? I am looking for an adoption of a baby boy (born in Maine) by a man named John Sweeney/Sweeny, a Boston resident around the time of May 3 1829. I do not know the county the boy was born in but I suspect York because it is the closest to Boston. Both of the boy's parents were dying and gave the child to John Sweeny. The child's name might have been Richard and his bio parents might have been from Ireland. That is all I know. I am hoping that there was an annoucement or news about it in the Boston newspapers around that time. Since it is such a specific date I am hoping that it was reported within a month of that time. Thanks so much!