On (04 Jun 96) Janelle Collins wrote to All...
 JC> Ok, I dont have a ton of info yet, but i will post what i have.  My
 JC> friend and fellow adoptee has asked me to post this:  (he will
 JC> hopefully be able to hook up to the echo soon)
 JC> Born:  9/12/62
 JC> In Fort Worth Texas.  
Great, Janelle. I, too, was born in Texas (Dallas). I managed to track dowm 
my 
birth family. I went to the State Archive Bldg and looked in the birth index 
for 1946, and matched my BC# with the number in the index. Ouila! Eureka!
Texas is a good state to search in.
 JC> We are in NM, and need to know if there is any
 JC> problems in getting non-identifying info from there?  
Contact the orphanage or wherever she was adopted FROM. They will have de-
identified info. In some cases (welfare/orphanage closed), records may be 
held 
by the state of Texas (Health Dept). Thats the place to start.
 JC> Any special
 JC> pitfalls? 
        When searching for infomation avoid the "A" (adopted/adoption) word 
like the plague. Use the 'genealogy" approach. I did, and I felt it worked 
better.                                            
 JC> Right now that is all the info he has and we are working on
 JC> more.  I feel especially concerned that i  help in anyway since he
 JC> (andy) didnt want to search till after i found MY birth family.  
Congratulations on your 'find'. I know what a feeling it is. I found on May 
13th, 1994. Don't worry about the info,it'll come, and soon, he will have 
that 
which he seeks.
God Bless!
Dave in Tulsa
... What is mine cannot be taken away without my consent.
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