Illinois Adoption Lookup for Cook County, Chicago, 1934 - 1963 from julic

Illinois is a closed record state, making searches difficult. This is a one-of-a-kind, accurate & legal method of obtaining information for adoptees and birth families. Most Cook County adoptions had a 'petition to adopt' notice published in the newspaper. Finding the right petition allows birthparents to learn the name of the adoptive family of the now adult child, and allows adoptees to learn the name given them at birth, and therefore their birth mother's surname at that time. Many years of work went into compiling the petitions into a unique computer database. You will receive an INSTANT lookup with a photo image of the actual ‘petition to adopt’ sent to you. If not found, no charge.