Born 12/8/1947 in KC,MO; adopted 1/16/1948

Have updated information regarding adoption. I was born in Eastside Maternity Hospital in Kansas City, MO. My birth mother was 19. She was engaged to birth father but he broke off the engagement. The birth maternal grandfather worked for a wholesale florist.

Harris was your mother's maiden name? Try searching Ancestry.com for Harris families in Colorado in the 1930 census; your birth mother should have been about two years old then. When I get some time, I'll give it a try on my Ancestry account.Any information about your birth mother's brothers, sisters etc. on your non-ID info from Jackson County Court?

I don't believe that Harris was my Mother's maiden name. I believe that my Mother's first name had 7 letter and her last name had 12 letter but it was whited out so I could not see the letters. My birth Mother was an only child. She was 19, 5'3" and 112 pounds and had light brown hair with a reddish tint and blue eyes and fair skin of German and English descent. The birth father was 20, 5'10" and 175 pounds with medium brown naturally curly hair and green eyes. He was Catholic and had been in the army or Navy and was hurt in the leg when a box dropped on him i the service.

I don't believe that Harris was my Mother's maiden name. I believe that my Mother's first name had 7 letters and her last name had 12 letters but it was whited out so I could not see the letters. My birth Mother was an only child. She was 19, 5'3" and 112 pounds and had light brown hair with a reddish tint and blue eyes and fair skin of German and English descent.The birth father was 20, 5'10" and 175 pounds with medium brown naturally curly hair and green eyes. He was Catholic and had been in the Army or Navy and was hurt in the leg when a box dropped on him in the service.

Did you get your non-ID from Rosalee at Jackson County? I was able to get mine from there as well as Catholic Charities where I was adopted from; I don't know if you can do the same. Differences in how the document was "whited out" gave me additional clues, such as placement of commas, number of letters in the State where she was from (in my case, Kansas is the only nearby state with six letters.)[url=http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/where-are-records-willows-maternity-home]Where are the records for the Willows Maternity Home? | Kansas City Public Library[/url]I was lucky in my search because I was adopted into Kansas, and Kansas SRS kept copies of my original info; I was able to get copies that were not whited out because Kansas does not seal adoption records.There are currently bills before the Missouri Legislature (HB1237 and SB 594) which would open access to our Original Birth Certificates.BTW, we were "neighbors" - St. Anthony's, my orphanage, was on East 23rd.

Yes I received the information from Rosalee. I was able to figure out Colorado from the information plus what my adopted mother had told me. I haven't been able to figure out the city in Colorado or the name but because the information was typed on a typewriter the spacing and punctuation helped me. I was adopted in Missouri as you know the records are still sealed.

Harriet, have you learned anything new? There are some good clues in your non ID info. Have you tried looking at the 1930 census for wholesale florists? Or, asking for help from a library researcher to look at city directories?

Thanks for the idea.