I am home from a successful full day of presentations at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, South Dakota. It’s the home of the state historical society and the state archives. The audience was extra friendly as was the staff. This next weekend I am off to northeastern Illinois to do a full day seminar. […]
“Illinois Department of Public Health officials are bracing for a flood of requests in November when a new law will allow thousands of adult adoptees to obtain their birth certificates. The law passed in Illinois last year could give some adoptees the names of their birth parents for the first time. Birth parents can remain […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health’s Division of Vital Records is moving to new offices. The office will be closed from May 27 -31 and will reopen on June 1, 2010. Because of this move, rush service and some other customer requests for birth and death records might be delayed. Click here to read the […]