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Stephanie. You will need professional assistance with your quest. Most times these records
are sealed, and it takes legal wrangling to get to them, if that is what you need.
If by chance you are looking for your birth father, that will take some detective work and
a huge amount of luck. It would be extremely unlikely for you to just happen up on someone
at a BB who has info...but I sure don't blame you for trying.
If you know who your birth mother was, and where she lived just prior to your birth, I
would start looking at her friends at the time period of conception...especially any male
that dissappeared shortly after this time.
If it could be narrowed down to a few male friends, then DNA may be the only way to
ascertain the connection legally.