Searching for Father's birth family In Montana

I would contact the Montana Children's Home and ask them what information they need in order to obtain all non-identifying information. They may also have a search service available.Also,this might help. It sounds like he can obtain his original birth certificate if he requests it.

Thank you so much! I did a search on the Montana Children's Home and Hospital and it is no longer there. I did send a letter to Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Child and Family Services Division to see what kind of advice or information they can give me. I will try the link to get a copy of my Father's birth certificate. Thanks again for your help. I have the feeling it's going to be a long road.

It can be a long road.It isn't always a long road though. Within 10 hours of receiving my birth certificate, I had positively identified my mother and her current place of residence.When you wrote to Montana's Dept of Public Health and Child and Family Services Division, did you ask them who took over the files from the Montana Children's Home and Hospital? Those files may be kept somewhere else now.

Once you have your dad's obc, let us know or PM me for help locating the birth parents and or their family. Hopefully age, address and number of other children will be included on the cert.

Original Birth Certificate

Citation: Ann. Code 42-6-109

Ǖ For a person adopted on or before 7-1-1967, the department shall furnish a copy of the original birth certificate upon the written request.

Where the Information Can Be Located:

Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Public Health and Human Services

Montana Vital Records Information

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I did not think to ask that specifically. If they don't volunteer that information when I get their response I will contact them and ask. Thank you so much for being so helpful. You are so kind. :)

I will do that. Thanks so much for the help!

The last name is unusual enough that hopefully with a bit more info, it won't be too hard to find the family

I just got the response from my letter to the Montana DPHHS. She said all she could give me was the non identifying information ( Which was very interesting) and she gave me a list of Confidential Intermediaries. that I could use. I need to get the address for the Office of Vital Statistics to try for the birth certificate I guess. Has anyone used a confidential intermediary? What is the cost for that service? I am sending a letter to one of the confidential intermediaries to get more information.

So you haven't yet gotten your father's birth certificate? It seems that you should be able to do that, as only records after 1967 are sealed in Montana.Here's the info on birth certificate requests from the Montana DHHS site:[url=http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/certificates/ordercertificates.shtml]Department of Public Health & Human Services - Birth/Death Certificate Application[/url]A few minutes' search via ancestry.com gave me the names of just a handful of women/girls with the last name "Baisch" living in Montana for the 1930 census. Sure, there were 5 years after when more Baisches could have moved to MT, but with an unusual last name and a state with a small population, your odds of tracing back to the right one are pretty good. At least by maiden name. Obviously, the search gets tougher when searching for a woman who got married, because of the name change... but tracking down multiple women would be a waste of time. The birth certificate should narrow down the exact name to continue with.As for using a confidential intermediary, you'll get different answers from different people. (Different CIs will also charge different amounts.) I would say that using a CI is a last resort, from my perspective, especially if you hope to make contact with your father's birth relatives. Contact through a CI can be a bit... distancing... and I believe it's better to do that for yourself, if at all possible. I'd suggest you see what you can find out on your own or with help from a free search angel, and if you get totally stumped, then you can always see if the CI can get you further.In any case, I wish you luck!

Even though I now have access to my OBC, I still can only receive non-identifying information from the maternity home and adoption agency.So, your non-identifying information and your quest for an OBC are two different entities.I would definitely recommend that you obtain your OBC and not go through with the CI unless you absolutely have to do so.

Thank you so much! I am going to apply for the OBC. Thanks for the link. I will post again when I receive it.