In reply to Jarrod napier.
Hi Jarrod,
Others run into this problem as well. It is not a genealogy issue however. Since you do know the county where you were born, you might check with various sources there…librarians sometimes can give you clues where to look, clerks at the hall of records (or county clerk’s office) may be able to direct you, or government agencies dealing with adoptions may help.
Adoptive parents sometimes hide natural birth information after adoption. When the adopted person is a child, the parents have parental rights to control that information; however as an adult I think you will be able to have such a sealed file opened (i.e.-now it is your decision, not theirs…my opinion).
One of my Adkins aunts was such an adopted child, and her sister eventually leaked some info to one of her children…and at age 85, her daughter contacted me because I had a notice on my web site that we were looking for her…after all those years. She had been raised to believe she was the only (natural) child of her adoptive parents. In her birth family, she was the only child (who lived beyond birth) of 14 who was no longer connected to the birth family (interacting with them while alive, etc.). By the time she found out, she only had one sibling left alive. It would be nice if parents did not hide the information; however, years ago being adopted was often enough cause for the child to be persecuted by peers and various adults as well…so it’s understandable.
Having the county and your birth date as well as the year of the adoption should be very helpful. There is probably no way at all to locate such information online…because those records are typically sealed and unavailable. The adult parties involved in the adoption at the time of the adoption (natural parents if living, and adoptive parents) are provided hard copy documents. — Good Luck, Doug