I am wondering. My mother was adopted and passed away four years ago.?

Question

I kinda of what to find out who her birth parents are...but i know nothing about them.

Answer 1

When you say you have nothing do you mean you don't even know your Mom's birthday?  

If you have the birth date and place of birth, you have something to go on

Register with ISRR.net and as many online registries as you can

Find out if your State has a reunion registry.  Sometimes these don't work because people don't know about them, they are deceased, or they are not eligible to register.

Answer 2

It is possible that your mother's adoption was an illegal adoption.  That is the only reason that I can see why grandparents would deny you access to your mother's records. As a daughter, you do have the right to get your mother's death certificate as well as the birth certificate on file. That would help you get a start.

Also, depending on where your mom was born, search surrounding states.  For instance, some kids with a RI or NH birth certificate were actually born in Mass.

Answer 3

There are a couple of organizations that can help...  Alma is an organization that connects adoptees and their birth families through birth dates and places...

http://www.almasociety.org/

Check the internet for others..

All you need to know is your mothers birthdate, time and birthplace..   Additional information is always helpful but not necessary if you can get ahold of her adoption certificate it will give information about where she was adopted and the date of the adoption...  

If you do not have a copy of your mothers birth certificate you can order one on line there are several sites...  They may request a copy of her death certificate in order to issue a birth certificate..  

It's not difficult to start a search all you need is basic information...

Answer 4

I am sorry for the loss of your mother.

Sadly adoption affects multiple generations. May I suggest you might honor her memory by supporting open records for adoptees?

Check out https://www.adopteerights.net for more information.

I hope you can find some of your roots.

Answer 5

Do you have any identifying adoption information such as the hospital she was born or the adoption agency (or lawyer) that processed the agency?  Are your grandparents able to assist you with that any information or have they passed also?  I would try to start there first.  Once you have some piece of information, you can start searching from there.  Perhaps some of the other adoptees who frequent this board will have some more suggestions for you also.