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 >

Well Jerry, I did find this. I don't know your gr grandfather's name but I have this information: Charles H. Franklin age 31, b. Wisconsin b. abt 1878 Sarah Franklin b. abt 1883 Sault Ste Marie 1910 Census Series T624 Roll 641 Part 2 page 167B. They were in the second ward. You could go to the library and order this, if they don't already hold the film. Good luck. 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!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail