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Thanks very much for your offer of help. The ancestors for which I'm
searching (LeVack, Levack) were in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne, IN, from
mid-1800's on. I'm unfamiliar with early Indiana towns but would really
appreciate your assistance if it doesn't take too much of your time.
Best Regards,
J
oan LeVack Kennedy
A
ustin, Texas
Hi, I am an adoptee who was born in Allen County. I am in the process of
searching for my birth family. I have petitioned the court to open the
files and it was granted. So now it is just a matter of time until the
confidential intermediary collects all of my data and pursues the contact
with them.
But here is the delema we are facing. Dr. Lydia Shapiro filled out all of
the paper work for the birth certificates and represented the birth mothers
in the adoptions. So the validity of the information is very questionable.
It is probably all false to protect the identity of the birth mother and
fathers. I am trying to find out anything that I can about this doctor.
She was last listed in the city directory in 1970 and she died in
California on 11-26-83. If anyone knows of any birth mothers who came in
contact with her, I would appreciate it if you would forward my message on
to them. Maybe they could shed some light on what was happening at this
clinic, which was her home. My adopted parents stated that they were
literally push out the back door and into a dark alley when they went to
her clinic to pick me up. They both felt that something was not quite right.
I was kept in a home somewhere in Fort Wayne until my adopted parents
picked me up. So there were more people involved in her baby business than
just her.
Here is what information I have obtained mainly from my final adoption decree.
Female Adoptee
DOB: 01/16/53
Place of Birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Delivering Doctor: Dr Lydia Shapiro, 1526 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, In.
Date of Adoption: 06/54 in Huntington County
Cause #486 in Huntington Juvenile Court
Birth Mother: AGNES JEFFERS born in Missouri, was 28 years old at the
time of my birth
Birth Father: STANELY SMITH, USA, was 36 years old at the time of my birth
This is about all that I have, sure wish it sounded familiar to someone,
somewhere........
Cris
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