At 02:08 AM 10/22/2006, you wrote: >Subject: [MNHennep] Adoption Record Laws 1920's >To: MNHENNEP@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <ccd.c1c0d2.326b56b3@aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Hello, > >We have an adoption in our family sometime after 1926. Could someone tell me >if MN adoption records will ever be opened after any given point? I think >the birth took place in either Ramsey or Hennepin Co. in 1924. > >Regards, > >Linda Currie There is a 100 year privacy period in MN by law -- though it is possible in some cases to get information during that time. If there is a need to know (health, for example) some judges are willing to unseal the records. One of my research notes refers to adoption and the challenges of searching <http://www.parkbooks.com/Htlm/res_adpt.html> Mary Mary Bakeman mbakeman@parkbooks.com Ramsey MnGenWeb Coordintor http://www.parkbooks.com/MnGenWeb/ Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com/