Today, the new law took effect that lets adoptees 18 and over to order their original birth certificate. It also allows direct line descendants of deceased adoptees to get a copy of their birth certificate. So I updated the chapter on “Adoption Records” (#7) of the Genealogical Guide to Monroe County.
Last week the Governor of NY signed a bill that gives the right of an adoptee to obtain a copy of their original birth certificate. Up until now the adoptee could only get an amended birth certificate that was created at the time of the adoption. This bill takes effect on Jan. 15, 2020 and …
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Working on an adoption case, I have found conflicting data. That is not unusual. I already had the court record of the adoption but wanted to compare it to the birth certificate. Here is part of the birth certificate for Maria —– (surname blanked out by me) who was born on Oct. 25, 1916 at …
A bill passed both the NY Senate and Assembly that would allow adoptees to obtain a copy of their original birth certificate with the names of their birth parents. The bill still has to be approved by Governor Cuomo. In 2017 he did not sign a similar but more complex bill. The Governor has suggested …