Don - Also, if you want to attempt to recover the adoption petition, order, etc., they are located with the district clerk's office in the county the adoption took place. Don't expect to get any info regarding anyone living. And unless things have changed recently, you probably won't find a judge to sign an order giving you access to the info. of the deceased either. - Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Holland <holland@ix.netcom.com> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 5:58 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 > >