Summary

Registrant Vanita Fitz-Gerald is an adoptee looking for birth father. The adoptee was born in Alabama in 1958 on October 6th. She was born Cora Vanita Smith in Leeds in Jefferson County to 19 year old birthmother Shirley Jean Goodwin (maiden name MacDill). Private Adoption handled the adoption. Her adoptive name became Cora Vanita Smith.

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Alabama Adoption Record: # 40280

Adoptee looking for Birth Father
Vanita Fitz-Gerald

Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Cora Vanita Smith
Adoptive Name: Cora Vanita Smith
Date of Birth: Oct 6, 1958 (now 65 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Leeds city, Jefferson county, Alabama USA

Birthmother's Info
Name: Shirley Jean Goodwin (MacDill)
Born: Sep 20, 1939 (now 84 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown

Birthfather's Info
Name: James Crawford
Born: 1929 (now 95 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 29
Religion: Unknown

Born at Hospital: Leeds Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Private Adoption

Additional Info
Age of Birth father based on an estimated age by my Birth mother. She thinks she remembers he was born somewhere around Dyersburg, TN. In 1957 he lived in Cook County, IL in or around Calumet City/Chicago area. We do know that he went to Prison sometime in the 1960s. We have heard an (unsubstantiated) rumor that he died/was killed in prison. I was first told he was in Jolliet, but when I spoke to someone at Jolliet they stated they had no records of anyone named James Crawford who had died in that prison. I was later told it was a prison in Peoria. His middle initial may have been B. It has also been said that His mother worked in law enforcement (maybe a sheriff) in Orange County, CA. He worked in the nightclub business on State Street in Chicago and at some point also worked as a clerk in a market/convenience store or store of some type. I am looking for him or any living relatives, descendants or anyone who knew him. My birth mother is 77 now and feels it very important that she know if he is alive or dead. I would very much appreciate any information.


Registered: June 20, 2016

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