I was born in Philadelphia on 6/6/59 and was adopted in Pennsylvania in the same year. What would be the procedure to check on my birth records if I wanted to find my birth mother? I've heard that the adoption records are sealed in that state. Is this true and who would I contact?
Thanks!:)

There is no way to look at your records.

You need to check with your adoptive parents, often they will have gotten the real name of the birth parents. When snooping though my parents papers 25 years after my adoption, I found a copy of the court papers, it included all the info on my birth parents.

But unless there is an important medical need you can not see anything from the court.

You can write to the department holding the records and ask a letter to added to the file with your name and address in case the birth parents look for you. Also they can add a letter to the file if they are looking for you also.

Also you can list your name on the dozens of internet registrys hopeing that a match may be made.

And in the end why are you lookng, your real parents are the people that raised you. A women and man made a choice years and years ago, to give you a better life,
And you will not find a family, only someone you may meet but never really be anything other than a person you meet , they will never be a parent

Thank you for answering my question... people always ask me about being adopted, like, "don't you want to know who your real parents are?" and "you might have brothers or sisters somewhere..." I always tell them that my real parents are the ones that adopted me and raised me and since I was raised as an only child, I can't say I "miss" having brothers or sisters.. though I wish I had them. The only reason I wanted to find out was just out of sheer curiosity, though I've never really been curious enough to go through with it. I might just put my name on a search site and if my birth mother wants to find me, she can. Thanks again for the info...