Bastard Grannie Annie has been researching sealed records history in Illinois and how such merely provided a new mechanism for continuing Illinois’ long and ugly history of black market adoptions.

Her blog post is an important brief overview of some of the IL history, and a vital backgrounder.

Black Market, 1945 Illinois Adoption Act & Sealed Records Illinois: a Black Market Haven

(an important backgrounder to all Illinois adoption related legislation such as 2010’s IL HB 5428.)