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If it were me, I would start with:
1. as Journeyman implied, check out the local phone listings for Rawls and spelling variations. His parents apparently used to live there, maybe other family does as well. I don't know if I'd start off with "I'm his long-lost daughter," but I guess that's up to you.
2. I would contact their Town Hall / municipal government and make some contacts there. Explain your situation to someone and see what they can dig up in their records on someone with his name / family name for the time period you requested. If they won't do it for you, you could consider driving there one weekend - but I think a lot of their records are available to the public.
3. Depending on the nature of your relationship with your mother, I'd follow Mal's advice and go through her...in addition, do you have any aunts/uncles that might provide information?
4. I would consider contacting an adoption agency / orphanage, and ask them if they know of any pro-bono / cheap services that work in this area. They have to run accross this sort of thing all the time.
Best of luck to you in your search
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