When I was adopted by my mother's second husband at the age of 6, a birth certificate was issued by the state of TX with his name as my father, no mention of the adoption. Legally, on paper, he was my father from the day I was born. There is no record of my birth with the name of my natural father. The original record of birth is expunged when someone is adopted. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Holland <holland@ix.netcom.com> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 3:58 PM Subject: RE: [TXWILLIA] FW: Birth Records taken down from Web How would the birth record show an adoption? I am curious. I have been wondering about these records and adoptions. I have had two families where I have heard for years that the children were adopted but the Texas Birth General Index shows the parents who I thought would be adopted parents as the birth parents. Are these records by any chance manipulated with when filed at birth/adoption to make it look like an adopted parent is the birth parent? Don -----Original Message----- From: Anna Price [mailto:annaprice@compaq.net] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 3:47 PM To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXWILLIA] FW: Birth Records taken down from Web I thought everyone should be aware of this. Thanks, Anna Houston Price Austin, TX 512-231-0640 -----Original Message----- From: James Hollas [mailto:jameshollas@austin.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 3:32 PM To: AnnaPrice@compaq.net Subject: Birth Records taken down from Web Dear AGS Members, Secretary Ginger Goetze passed this along for our members: Texas Birth Indexes. This page is temporarily unavailable. The Government Code permits indexes to be open records documents if the fact of adoption cannot be revealed. The Bureau of Vital Statistics has identified a possible case where the indexes may have assisted in the identification of an adoption. As part of the review process, we must evaluate the existing birth indexes to ensure compliance with the State law. Therefore, the indexes are temporarily unavailable until this review has been completed. It could be several months before the final review process is completed. Ginger PS -- The pages are still available on RootsWeb.com where all can be searched at once. -- james PPS -- Please note that my e-mail address has been changed to jameshollas@austin.rr.com