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Surnames: LOGSDON, CATHCART, RENFRO, COOMBS
Classification: Query
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I too have a grandparent who spent time in a Louisville orphanage. I've done a lot of
research into this. If your relative was adopted after her parents were killed it will be
nearly impossible to get the legal paperwork. They consider the right to privacy
regarding adoptions that was passed in the 50's to be retroactive. However, since it
occured in 1903 records were not sealed yet. Go to the county archives where it occured
and see if you can dig anything up in the probate/circuit court records. Sometimes the
judges orders for the orphaned children are there. I haven't been that lucky,
unfortunately.
I realize your posting is more than a year old. Maybe you've made progress since
then.