Re: Looking for my birth parents

New Illinois law allows adult adopted persons born in Illinois to request non-certified copies of their original birth certificates through the Illinois Department of Public Health. In most cases, the original birth certificate will list the first and last names of one or both birth parents. Birth parents of adopted persons born after January 1, 1946, may request that their names be deleted from this non-certified copy.
f you are an adopted person who was born in Illinois before January 1, 1946, you may now request a non-certified copy of your original birth certificate through the Illinois Department of Public Health. Nothing will be changed or deleted from the non-certified copy of your original birth certificate that is provided to you. To obtain a non-certified copy of your original birth certificate, you must:

1. Complete a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate available on line
2. Mail the completed Request form, along with a photocopy of your driver's license or other government-issued photo ID and a $15 check or money order made out to the "Illinois Department of Public Health" to:

Illinois Department of Public Health
Division of Vital Records
Attn: Illinois Adoption Registry
925 E. Ridgeley Ave.
Springfield, IL 62702-2737