David's
How to Find Toolbox
- How adoption works in Texas.
- The Birth Books.
- You are in the Birth Books, big problem. The alternative strategy. (under construction)
- You gave up a child.
- How to obtain Court documents.
- How to search at the Court House for adoptions.
- Who was born that Day.
- Once you have found a name.
- The Texas State Library and Local Tax Departments are invaluable resources.
- Bud has Texas Drivers License info. on CD-rom.
- Listservers and other resources.
- You can help.
Older adoptions were so sneaky and birthdates were often treated as just something else to confuse future research Texas. I know several people who have found to their disgust that their date was changed (just for the fun of making it what the adoptive parents or the agency wanted it to be) - Kathy
If you find any information misleading, incorrect or you have additional information, please email me David T. Gray.