Let me do some checking. Do you know her father's first name? Kathy --- Family Connecting Links <famconlink@gt.rr.com> wrote: > Kathy, > Thanks for your responce. All I know is that my > grandmother's father was a > Lumber Jack in the Sault Ste Marie area when his > wife left him and he could > not care for his two children so he gave them to the > state and at least my > grandmother was adopted and had her name changed. I > have tried requesting > her birth records with no luck. > Jerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Londo Barnes" <digginroots@yahoo.com> > To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:53 AM > Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Michigan adoption > records > > > > Jerry, > > > > Was your grandmother in Midland,or somewhere else? > I > > know in the Grand Rapids area there was a rather > large > > orphanage that handled a number of children from > my > > own family and the office, which now is over > foster > > care families, would have records there. If she > was > > in Midland then perhaps you could find out > information > > from the county clerk's office or the local > library, > > as to the name of the place she was at and you > might > > be able take it from there. It's a place to > start. > > While I'm not sure of the letter of the law, some > of > > these records are sealed, but I don't know if > there's > > a time limit to it. Something else-how old was she > at > > the time of adoption? If she was in school, > perhaps > > there are school records that can be located? > > > > Stanton, Michigan, the current county seat for > > Montcalm Co. had it's own children's home. The > > building still stands but it was only recently > that I > > learned the "cool" old house I've admired for > years, > > was the children's home back in the late > 1800s-early > > 1900s. > > > > If you could find her in say, the 1910, 1920 or > 1930 > > census, there might be surviving relatives or > > neighbors that you may be able to find. > > > > Good luck, > > Kathy > > > > > > --- Family Connecting Links <famconlink@gt.rr.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Can anyone help me find out how or where I can > get > > > information on adoption in the 1910 time period > for > > > michigan? My Grandmother, Violet Camele > Franklin > > > was given up to the state of Michigan and was > > > adopted by a family who changed her name to > Margarie > > > Doris something. > > > Jerry J. Marion, Sr > > > Midland, MI originally now Vidor, TX > > > > > > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > > > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > > > Locate resources, browse counties, search and > > > contribute to special projects. > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including > the > > > new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click > > > to learn more. > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > > Share memories about Michigan, to join > MI-MEMORIES-L, send mail to > MI-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single > word subscribe in the > message subject and body. To join MI-MEMORIES-D, do > the same thing with > MI-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including > the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > The MIGenWeb FGS Project. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/fgs/ > Join in this special project! Add your Family Group > Sheets and browse for connections. > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription > from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com