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All names and identifying information changed, of course. The names herein are fictitious. The search for EVELYN MARIE BEDFORD  Adoption papers of Mary Ellen Moore, nee Sarah Elaine Bedford Date of adoption: 15 Feb 1944 Birth name of child: Sarah Elaine Bedford Date of birth: 23 Feb 1943 Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio Consent to adoption given by the Cleveland Humane Society Name changed to Mary Ellen Moore (her adoptive parents James and Marian Moore) Birth Certificate of Sarah Elaine Bedford Date of birth: 23 Feb 1943 Place of birth: Friends Rescue Home in Columbus, Ohio Names mother Evelyn Marie Bedford Provides this information about mother Age at last birthday: 21 Residence 32 South 43rd Ave Columbus Occupation: Waitress Birthplace: Altoona, Pennsylvania White, American 1976 Report from the Children’s Services of Cleveland Note change in name of agency. Would provide only non identifying information Law would not permit identifying information Used pseudonyms for the involved individuals 3 page letter, providing substantial information about the circumstances “Digest of the material we have on microfilm.” Emotional as well as factual details Took time to sort out the chronology and details of the events. Non Identifying Information We already knew that the mother’s name was Evelyn Marie Bedford (from the birth certificate), age 21 on 23 Feb 1943 –so born Jan-Feb 1922 or late Feb –Dec, 1921. And that she was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania Non Identifying information in the report added several details. Evelyn herself had been adopted as an infant. It was an informal adoption; there was no record. Evelyn’s mother was 16 when Evelyn was born – in 1922 or 1923. Therefore her mother would have been born 1906 or 1907. Evelyn’s father was still in her mother’s life in 1943, although not married to her. He was introduced to Evelyn as her mother’s brother in law and told secretly that this man was her father. Evelyn had an unhappy childhood with her