Is there anything in the new law relating to really really old adoptions where the adopted person is long deceased and grandchildren would like to access the sealed adoption files? My grandfather was born in 1889 and had no birth certificate, and altho I've since managed to find out quite a lot about his father, I was not allowed to see the file relating to his adoption by his stepfather circa 1900, in Chicago, at which time his biological father was still living. Maybe I will try again to request those documents. I know this is not about Brooklyn, but THANK YOU BARB for posting it! Lisa in Scotland On 11/20/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI, especially for Adoptees; please pass this to other lists. > >> The state of Illinois will allow persons over the age of 21 to obtain >> their original birth certificates, according to a new law passed there. >> > http://www.wifr.com/news/headlines/New_Adoption_Laws_in_Illinois_133858208.h > tml?ref=208 > > It would be great if someone established a searchable website that would > collect these new found birth certificates, and adoptees would have a place > to > post them. > > Perhaps some readers would like to find out why Illinois decided to change > their laws, and how it came about, and report back to our lists. > > NYS law freezes adoptions forever, offering no hope to adoptees. > > Barb > Metro NYC Researcher > (New York, Westchester, & Putnam) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >