This is great, Molly! I know it had to have been a dream fulfilled for all of them while it was self-satisfaction for you. - Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Molly Kennedy" <mollx@hotmail.com> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR IL ADOPTEES > > Yes, I became aware of this just this last March (2009), after finding a > doctored/adoptive parents' filing of a birth certificate for the child > that the "adoptive" parents stole in 1957. > > > > Learned about the availability of TX adoptive & original birth > certificates, when I was researching on behalf of the surviving siblings > of the "adopted" child, who always wanted to know "What happened to our > sister Anna, after she was stolen from us?" (at age 3) > > > I found "Anna" - and introduced her to her original family, last April. > > > > molly > > Molly Kennedy > P O Box 5785 > Springfield, IL 62705 > AUGUST 2009 - 1916-1947 IL DEATH CERT DISCOUNT! Regular fee $5 each; > during August, $4 each~ 3 FOR $10! > Genealogical website: www.mollx.com > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living. > > > > > > >> From: mlfuller65@comcast.net >> To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com >> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:27:31 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR IL >> ADOPTEES >> >> Molly, in TX one must know the names of birth parents and often they are >> not known). See http://laws.adoption.com/status/texas.laws.html. >> >> Anita provided me with a listing of the six states that have totally open >> records: >> >> KANSAS; never closed them >> ALASKA: never closed them >> OREGON: ballot initiative >> ALABAMA - legislation >> NEW HAMPSHIRE - legislation >> MAINE - legislation >> >> Any other states are "partial" in one way or another. >> >> In Illinois a court order is necessary. Believe me it is next to >> impossible >> to get a court order in IL. We have a registry and CI program in place >> and >> judges just want to refer adoptees to the CI program. One must register >> with the Registry before a CI program can take your case. The Registry is >> ineffective and the CI program is pathetic. I don't recommend an adoptee >> wasting money on either. Of course they do have the option of taking a >> chance on losing money and maybe, just maybe getting good results. I feel >> 100% certain that a CI would never have found my birth family. Too many >> were >> deceased and elderly aunts were determined to take all family secrets to >> their graves with them until they saw a picture of me and later met me in >> person. Then I was told that no one better ever tell me that I was not a >> family member! >> >> - Mary >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Molly Kennedy" <mollx@hotmail.com> >> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR IL >> ADOPTEES >> >> >> > >> > FYI - the state of Texas DOES allow adoptees (whose original AND >> > adoptive >> > birth certificates were originally registered in TX), to obtain a copy >> > of >> > their original birth certificate -unretouched. >> > >> > >> > >> > Illinois SHOULD follow their lead. >> > >> > >> > >> > molly >> > >> > Molly Kennedy >> > P O Box 5785 >> > Springfield, IL 62705 >> > AUGUST 2009 - 1916-1947 IL DEATH CERT DISCOUNT! Regular fee $5 each; >> > during August, $4 each~ 3 FOR $10! >> > Genealogical website: www.mollx.com >> > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living. >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> > without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message