One that old might be under "re" in the circuit court index. Don't tell anyone you are looking for it though. Better yet, order the index from the Family History Library and look for yourself. Joan Cheryl Rothwell <historysleuth@gmail.com> wrote: Adoptions are a different issue but it is probably the same process. The difference is you are working with the county and a county judge. You would have to petition him or her to open the records and there is no guarantee since you have no "compelling" reason. Before spending that kind of money -- filling any kind of petition in Illinois is pretty expensive these days -- I would want to be sure the file actually existed. Filing fee could be several hundred dollars. You probably don't want it that bad. Normally you petition for adoption of X and all adults involved sign off. If it was concentual the mother may have signed off or she may just have appeared in court that long ago. If it was not consentual for whatever reason she obviously didn't sign. On 6/24/07, Marilyn wrote: > > Cheryl: > > You mention obtaining records that need a 'court order' - how do you go > about that? I have been trying to get 'application?' papers for an > adoption > for several year now and no one seems to know 'how/where' I do > this. These > papers would be 118 yrs old. Is that old enough? :o) I have adoption > papers, but would like to see the papers where the 'mother' signed off on > - > at least I would think there was such a thing? Am I wrong and wasting my > time? > Thanks > Marilyn - Fla. > > ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Joan Black Lund jblgene@sbcglobal.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/

Thanks Joan, worth a try! Marilyn - Fla. -----Original Message----- From: illogan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:illogan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Lund Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:00 AM To: illogan@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] Archives Info One that old might be under "re" in the circuit court index. Don't tell anyone you are looking for it though. Better yet, order the index from the Family History Library and look for yourself. Joan Cheryl Rothwell <historysleuth@gmail.com> wrote: Adoptions are a different issue but it is probably the same process. The difference is you are working with the county and a county judge. You would have to petition him or her to open the records and there is no guarantee since you have no "compelling" reason. Before spending that kind of money -- filling any kind of petition in Illinois is pretty expensive these days -- I would want to be sure the file actually existed. Filing fee could be several hundred dollars. You probably don't want it that bad. Normally you petition for adoption of X and all adults involved sign off. If it was concentual the mother may have signed off or she may just have appeared in court that long ago. If it was not consentual for whatever reason she obviously didn't sign. On 6/24/07, Marilyn wrote: > > Cheryl: > > You mention obtaining records that need a 'court order' - how do you go > about that? I have been trying to get 'application?' papers for an > adoption > for several year now and no one seems to know 'how/where' I do > this. These > papers would be 118 yrs old. Is that old enough? :o) I have adoption > papers, but would like to see the papers where the 'mother' signed off on > - > at least I would think there was such a thing? Am I wrong and wasting my > time? > Thanks > Marilyn - Fla. > > ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Joan Black Lund jblgene@sbcglobal.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/ ________ Logan County ILGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan To unsubscribe send a message to: ILLOGAN-request@Rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message