Searching newspapers for my birth name?

Question

I'm thinking of going through microfilms of the newspaper to find the babies in the list born on May 30th, 1989 in Sarasota, FL. My mom vaguely remembers hearing from one of the nurses that my birth last name was something like Mason, she has thought maybe Morgan, but keeps going back to Mason. So I figured, maybe I could find out my last name official, maybe a first name...but then I don't know where I would go from there...you know? How would that help me find my birth parents?

I know almost everything. My parents have a file with everything such as medical records, and background on why I was put up for adoption, the age, birth dates, where they were born, physical description, interests, and few things about their parents...etc. All about my birth parents. Only thing stopping me...NO NAMES. How could I use the info to find out their names? Or at least my birth mother's name, since my birth father was adopted as well, so it would be a bit harder.

Answer 1

You could do a search for babies born at that time but babies put up for adoption at birth usually aren't put in the baby when they are born.  Where you adopted at birth or later on?

Answer 2

due is right.

Adopted babies arn't usually given birth announcements in a local paper. It's a very painfull experience as a birth mother & not one that they usually want to advertise.

There are different places you can try through the internet, sometimes birth families try to find the adoptee, and hey worth a shot.

try these for starters:

www.issr.org

www.adoption.org

and for awesome adoptee support try:

www.adultadoptees.org

Answer 3

I think phils idea is good!

Here is something I would try..... you have their birthdates, look for HER(your biological mother) birth annoucement in the paper since you know where she was born and that she wasn't adopted. From that you may find relatives or her parents full names which would be traceable.

You can also search that area and the area you were born for schools for graduates around the year when she and he would have been 17, 18 or 19 and graduating highschool.

Here is a link to some great florida searching groups :) http://adopteerights.net/nulliusfilius/?...

good luck!

Answer 4

You might get lucky with newspapers, but that seems doubtful to me.  (By all means,  you can try it.  But I wouldn't want  you feeling as though you wasted a lot of time.)  

If you have a last name, birthdate, where born, etc., you have a lot to go on.  Getting that last name makes things a lot easier.  If you know where she was born (the father's name may not be the same), you could try looking up high school year books and the like to confirm a last name.  (That works only if she didn't move between her birth and high school, though.)  

Do you know what agency you were adopted through?  They should provide you with non-identifying information (which may duplicate what you have, but may contain another missing nugget of information).  

The name is crucial.  If you can find that, your search will be easier.  If not,  you may need to scour phone books and old records at her town of birth.  You have quite a bit to go on.  

Certainly look at the sites Samone mentions.

Also, you should look at this book:

* "Birthright" by Jean A. S. Strauss

Good luck to you.