This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Hawkshaw1927 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jackson/6595.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good luck to you withJackson County and adoption records. The Willows records were allegedly burned after they closed and it has been told so many times it must be true. Unless you get a court order, which is next to impossible, you won't find out much. I have KC birth certificate and file number but the city does not maintain a seperate birth certificate department now ( I got a peak at the records when a young clerk who did not know the rules, got my records out of the huge vault and showed them to me )No on can tell if the birth mother used a phoney name or not, if you swear you are who you are, that seems to be that...and unless some other adult swore you were who you said you were-under oath, if that means anything- so now I own a copy of a phonied up birth certificate which says my adoptive mother is birth mother- lies- and adoptive father is birth father...of course I have the official records of the court that says I am adopted. After 83 years, I do know that I am n! ot the natural child of the nice people who raised me-but the state of Missouri, in their wisdom, seems to think otherwise and issued a completely false birth certificate in my adopted name... and I should have faith in my government?? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.