The request should include as much of the following as is known: adoptive (amended) name of adoptee; date of birth or year adopted; city, county of birth; adoptive parents names; county where adoption finalized. This information is needed to locate the adoption file.
https://www.16thcircuit.org/requesting-adoption-information
Requesting Adoption Information. An adopted adult, or the adopted adult's lineal descendants if the adopted adult is deceased, may make a request for adoption records. Non-identifying information regarding the biological parent(s) or siblings may be obtained by applying to the court that finalized the adoption.
https://www.16thcircuit.org/requesting-adoption-information
Can a biological parent share medical information without revealing her/his identity? Yes. The Department of Public Welfare operates the Pennsylvania Adoption Information Registry (PAIR) that enables birth parents to share their family medical history with the child they placed for adoption.
http://www.health.pa.gov/MyRecords/Registries/Adoption/Pages/Pennsylvania-Adoption-Information-Registry.aspx
The adopted person, birth parents, and adoptive parents must follow procedures established by the State to obtain identifying confidential information from the adoption records, but they may be able to obtain nonidentifying information from the agency that arranged the adoption.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/search/records/
If the court does not send the information to Vital Records, the adoptive parent, the adopted adult, or the attorney can submit a certified copy of the Adoption Decree,and the adult's original birth certificate to request a new birth certificate.
http://new.dhh.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/page/680
Birth or death certificates of biological family members can only be released to an adoptee if the death occurred prior to the date the adoption was granted (must be proven through documentation) since parental rights were not terminated in such cases.
http://www.health.pa.gov/MyRecords/Registries/Adoption/Pages/Pennsylvania-Adoption-Information-Registry.aspx
Recommends that States provide adopted adults with access to their original birth certificates and/or adoption records. Where to Write for Vital Records. National Center for Health Statistics. Provides the mailing addresses for obtaining vital records that can aid in searching.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/search/records/
A Vital Records adoptions case manager will prepare a new birth certificate and mail it to the requestor for the adoptive parent's signature. An adult adoption completed in Louisiana will only change the person's name on their birth certificate. The parentage information on the birth certificate remains the same.
http://new.dhh.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/page/680
After Vital Records completes the process for the new birth certificate, the original birth certificate is sealed along with the evidentiary documents (court order, adoption report) provided to process the new birth certificate. The sealed record cannot be opened, unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
http://new.dhh.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/page/680
Once an adoption is granted, an adoptee's legal rights to these certificates are relinquished. Therefore, a court order from the court that granted the adoption is required for release of birth or death certificates of biological family members.
http://www.health.pa.gov/MyRecords/Registries/Adoption/Pages/Pennsylvania-Adoption-Information-Registry.aspx
how to obtain adoption records
Adoption records can be obtained by applying to the court that finalized the adoption.