My husband was away for the weekend while I was doing all of this, he got back last night and he said she is my daughter. Looks more like a sister of mine, but does have some of her father's features as well. As far as contact - she is not registered on any registry I know of so I am not sure if she is wanting contact. I still plan on doing more research to confirm this. It is still a shock that this woman who offered to help me on the other site was able to get me a name in 2 days! She said she had the birth indexes for the State of Illinois (whatever they are). They are not the birth certificates, but they have the adoptive names on them. My daughter was one of only 3 girls born in the city and state I gave birth in, who were placed up for adoption. She narrowed it down by the race of the babies. I am not sure where to go from here other than slow down, get over the shock, and then resume researching what I have found. Then, I will need to determine what my next step would be. My daughter is 38 years old, and I am 55. Thank you so much for responding to my post. As you can see, I am not familiar with placing posts as it is under the wrong forum title.
