Please help me locate information on my biological father...

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On this page, I hope to provide you with enough information regarding what I have done in my search. Most of this I have done myself. For I do not have the money to hire a Private Investigator, or a "Locator". There are have been times that I felt discouraged, so I "put the books down" for a while. But each time I get back into it, I find more information out.

I am asking for your help here, because I feel that all other avenues in my search are coming to an end. And if I provide you with what I have done so far, maybe you can offer some help as to where I should go next.

It is important for me to find this information because my mother passed away at the age of 39. And from the information that I have found, Charles B. Stevens, my father passed away at an early age as well. Of which does not look good for me, or my three children.

In the tables below, I have information in a "color code" for easier reference for you. It goes as follows...

Green is places I requested information from.

Yellow is KNOWN information.

*November '94*
Date	Action Taken	Replies
11	Phoned Aunt	She told me that my biological fathers' name was Charles Stevens. Went by the nickname of "Chuck". He and my mother attended Indiana Barbering College together in the years of 1965-66.
12	Phoned other relatives and friends of my mother.	They said the same thing. But some of them also stated that she was a very secretive person. So she did not speak of it often.
14	Sent letter to Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.	10/94- Received letter from the Office Administrator of IN Prof. Lic. Agcy. He said that he was unable to find any information on Charles.

Here is what happened in 1996

*1996*
Date	Action Made	Replies
April 9	Went on vacation to Indiana. While there, I visited Indiana Barbering College. Spoke with the Director...	She told me that she remembers my mother. I told her that I was searching for my biological father. Showed her my baby book with the picture in it. She said his name was Charles B. Stevens. That the three of them attended the college at the same time. She asked me to give her a couple of days, and she would "see what she could do". Then she would call me. The very next day, she phoned me with the following information: Name: Charles B. Stevens Nickname: Chuck DOB: January 30,1938 Previous Address': 1616 Penn St Indianapolis, IN and also 8285 East St RT 46 Bloomington, IN
*April* 22	Sent letters to: IN Vital Records requesting his birth certificate IN Prof. Lic. Agcy. Requesting information Freedom of Information Officer. Requesting a copy of his form SS5. Social Security Adm./Missing Persons. Asking them to forward a letter to him.	May 3- Received letter with application and requested fee amount. May 3-Letter back from IN Prof. Lic. Agcy. stated that "The Agcy., did not provide information requested." June 27- Received a copy of his Form SS5. His SSN, address at time of application, his parents name was marked off, place of employment was on there. June 10- Letter back stated that person I am searching for is deceased as of March 10, 1988
May 8	Sent more letters out: Methodist Hospital- for my birth records. To see if my fathers information would be on there. IN Barbering College- to see if the Director could locate more information. IN Professional Lic. Agcy.- One more attempt for information.	June 10- Letter back from Hospital stated that they do not keep records past 8 years. She phoned and said that she was sorry, she was unable to come up with anything else for me. May- Letter back stated that I needed to provide his Barbering License number to receive more information.
*May 13*	Sent letters to: International Soundex Reunion- to register Indiana State Library/Archives Div.- for any information.	May 22-received papers to register. Sent them right back in. June 2- Letter back stated that I would need more information to do a search. Once I get the information, I may request more, for a small fee. (make sense?….not here)
*May 16*	Went to the Mormon Church in town I lived in.	Put in the information that Rachel, the director of IN Barbering College, gave me. Just his name, date of birth, and previous address's. His name came up as Deceased as of March 10, 1988. And that his last known address was in Louisville, KY
*May 21*	Called Courier Journal in Louisville, KY- to request a copy of his obituary. Sent letter to Kentucky Vital Records- to request a copy of his death certificate.	June 7- Letter stated that there were no copies of an obituary on him with in 3 years of 1988. (forward, or back) May 28-Letter back stated that no records were found. That the Funeral Director may not have sent in the information.
*June 24*	Sent letters to: Indiana Vital Records- to request a copy of his birth and death records.	June 28- Letter back requesting me to please call them. So, I spoke to a lady there. She stated that I could not have a copy of his records due to the fact that I had "no proof" that he was my biological father.

In 1998, I had gone and visited some message boards, left messages. Received no replies.

So then I found some chat rooms on Genealogy. I went into one of them. Someone asked me what he or she could do for me. I proceeded to let them know of my situation, and gave them details as to what I had done so far (above). The person then said to me "This story is nothing but a lie! Leave this room immediately! And do not return here!" Well, "one" could imagine how I felt at that moment. I had never felt so discouraged, yet outraged! So, I left the room, never went back.

Due to that, I put down my books for quite sometime.

*1999*
Date	Action Taken	Replies
11	Phoned Aunt	She told me that my biological fathers' name was Charles Stevens. Went by the nickname of "Chuck". He and my mother attended Indiana Barbering College together in the years of 1965-66.
12	Phoned other relatives and friends of my mother.	They said the same thing. But some of them also stated that she was a very secretive person. So she did not speak of it often.
14	Sent letter to Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.	10/94- Received letter from the Office Administrator of IN Prof. Lic. Agcy. He said that he was unable to find any information on Charles.