by peterk
ALBANY — A new law will allow adoptees to obtain their full, original birth certificates, including health histories and the identity of their parents, ending a decades-old practice that blocked that
https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/adoptees-birth-records-cuomo-1.38583472
Melissa Johnson, Using Vital Records
Melissa Johnson, CG, returns to the Forum with a lecture about how to use birth, marriage, death, and divorce records to build your family tree. Discover records that can substitute for vital records that are unavailable, as well as records that can be located based on information found in vital records. While geared toward beginners, this talk will also appeal to more experienced researchers.
Johnson specializes in researching families from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the British Isles, as well as in DNA testing for adoptees and unknown parentage, dual citizenship, and lineage society research.
Bethpage Public Library
47 Powell Ave.
Bethpage, NY
There will be a ZOOM presentation.
Members with email addresses on file will be invited about one week in advance.
If you don’t receive an invitation, please contact memberstream@ifhf.org
We look forward to being able to resume our in-person meetings at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Ave., Bethpage, New York, on October 16, 2021, at 10 a.m. A webinar will be available for those who are unable to attend in person.
