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<DIV>Here are some links to pages providing information about Oregon adoption record release laws. In case the links don't work as inserted, go to <A title=http://www.bastardnation.com/ href="http://www.bastardnation.com/">www.bastardnation.com</A>. This is a website for an organization of adoptees who are activists supporting adoptee's rights. While not a genealogy site, this website and related links make it probably the most complete resource for those searching for families of origin.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you already have valid information regarding name of birth family, then online census search would be the place to begin. However, census seach in this instance may be complicated by the fact that Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon is the home of Southern Oregon College (Now Southern Oregon University). While I don't know the student census for that college in the 1930's, there would certainly have been students passing thru the community who would not necessarily appear on census records. If either of your grandfather's birth parents was a college student, the search may be difficult.</DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://www.bastards.org/library/ href="http://www.bastards.org/library/">Click here: ADOPTEE RELATED WWW LIBRARY</A> </DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.bastards.org/library/ href="http://www.bastards.org/library/">www.bastards.org/library/</A></DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://www.bastards.org/laws/states.html href="http://www.bastards.org/laws/states.html">Click here: Adoption Statutes,Legislative Code and Links by Country</A> </DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.bastards.org/laws/states.html href="http://www.bastards.org/laws/states.html">www.bastards.org/laws/states.html</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/certif/preadopt.cfm#who href="http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/certif/preadopt.cfm#who">Click here: DHS CHS: Pre-Adoption Birth Record FAQs & Order Forms</A> </DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/certif/preadopt.cfm href="http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/certif/preadopt.cfm">http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/certif/preadopt.cfm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Carla</DIV>
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