[or-roots] Redirection of Big Cat discussion

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Dale
A lot of children in the early 1900's and late 1800's were taken to Vancouver Wa. and turned over to the Sister's of Charity for adoptation, I know my father was, and he was born in Silver City Idaho, I am trying to find out myself about those adoptation records or if any were even kept at that time, I have old records that give me the info that he was adopted and by who, but not the complete file.
Glen Portland Or.

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Glen A. Jones

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From: "Harguess, Dale" <dharguess at coastline.edu> 

It would have been in either Umatilla County or Morrow County as that is where she was living in 1917.  Someone on the list found her and her husband with only one child in an Oregon State Census that I think was on ancestry.com.  I am only assuming that she was put up for adoption because my grandmother never told anyone about having this oldest daughter or even that she had been married before my grandfather came along.  Her entire family clammed up about the little girl and some told a story that she was murdered by her father and that he was hanged in Walla Walla State prison.  I have proved that this is not true.  So my final thought is that the big secret was that she was given up for adoption and that is why I can find no record of her death or of a burial or anything.  She just seemed to drop off the earth at the age of about 3.
Dale

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>If I can segue into a question that I am hoping someone on the list can help me with?  Does anyone know if there were any official adoptions of children in the period of 1916 to about 1919?  I am looking for a sister of my mother who was most likely put up for adoption when her mother got divorced. Dale<
Where?  There were adoptions (legal) at that time, but (a) not everywhere, and (b) not always, especially if the child went to a relative.

Take a look at this: http://www.uoregon.edu/~adoption/index.html

I suggest that if this was an Oregon placement, the people at UofO should be able to help you, in terms of where to look for these records.

AND, by the way -- GO 'CATS! Beat the Huskys! Beat the Beavs! Beat the Cougs! Beat the Ducks!

[sorry, I got carried away]

Pat (in Tucson)
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