Ester Persson, emigrated from Sweden in Dec 1915 and stayed in Lindstrom, Minnesota, for some years. She gave birth to a son, Sigfrid, in 1916. Some years later she met her husband to be and they both returned to Sweden, leaving Sigfrid in an orphanage in Minnesota. Ester's children in her second marriage,love to get in contact with Sigfrid (if he is still alive) or his relatives in the United States.

Of course I understand that the chance of finding Sigfrid is almost none, especially as we don't know his second name. His mother's name was Persson, his father's name Nilsson and probably he got a third name when he was adopted. Is there anyone who could possibly help me?

If Sigfrid was born out-of-wedlock, assume that his birth surname was that of his birth mother, PERSSON. If you lack his full copy birth certificate, apply for it to obtain his exact date of birth. The address of the Minnesota Dept. of Health is among the 50 states listed at :

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

When you get his exact date of birth, use it on the Advanced Search feature at RootsWeb's version of the online Social Security Death Index :

http://ssdi.rootsweb.com

You can search with only a first name and date of birth, if you think his last name was changed by adoptive parents. We have no way of knowing if his first name was changed also, so we---I mean you---search on the assumption the first name was not changed.

I am reading a book by E. Wayne CARP, "Family Matters." I recall that Minnesota had an early law for confidentiality of adoption records, but I cannot quickly find the relevant page in the book. That could pose a problem for your research.

Reg Niles