Dec. 3 was the first day adult adoptees born in Oregon were able to request copies of their own birth certificates, thanks to a ballot measure approved last month. It also was the day some …
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Adoptees seek state’s help to ease their hunt
Published Sunday, December 6, 1998, in the San Jose Mercury News Adoptees seek state’s help to ease their hunt Open-records law urged BY STEVE JOHNSON Mercury News Staff Writer She was adopted 22 years ago when …
Continue readingAdoptees Push for New Laws
Adoptees push for new lawsBy JOYCE KIRTLEY World Staff Writer 12/4/98 People across the country seek access to their original birth records. Judy McCoy walked into the vital statistics office on Greenwood Avenue on Thursday …
Continue readingAdoptees protest laws that keep them from heritage
Adoptees protest laws that keep them from heritage FINDING THEIR ROOTS By Matthew I. Pinzur The Macon Telegraph For 30 years, Michelle Hills knew her own name. Two weeks ago, that changed. Adopted in Pasadena, …
Continue readingAdoptee fights for birth information rights
The Daily Mail Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998 Catskill, N.Y., Vol. 119, No. 291 A1, A10. by Deborah Clemans, Daily Mail Staff Writer. Christopher Philippo of Rensselaer has spent many long hours searching for information on …
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