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Welcome to our free search forum which has been designed through the generous donation of Doug Dillhoff. We thank him!!! Doug tells us there are more than 65,000 registered now. You can send changes to him (and kudos also!) at dillhoff@hotmail.com.
Click here to send email.
Click here to enter your adoption information on the registry.
Click here to search the registry for your relative.
IMPORTANT: Don't forget to checkHOME PAGE....updated daily.
SEARCH FOR ANCESTORS
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EXPERTS TO HELP
Note: Check out any service carefully if you do decide to hire someone to help you search.
The Adoption Search Bureau
a division of Worldwide Tracers,
established in 1980.
We specialize in reuniting families separated by adoption. We have a free registry, can help you petition the court to have your records unsealed and have solved over 14,000 cases.
Genealogical research for adoptees, birth parents and siblings born, relinquished, adopted in California. Email: therighttoknow@hotmail.com
Hale Investigative Services
Private Investigator Background checks for individuals (pre-adoptive parents, birth parent, adoptee) anywhere in the United States and some foreign countries. We do a county to county search for $20.00 per person with a 48 hour turn around.
Email: halepi@hale-pi.com
PBN Reunion Bureau--
FREE BOOKLET
Powerful Databases not available to the public, but NOW available to YOU to aid in your search. Over 3 Billion records available. Help for your search Nationally and Internationally.
Expertise,Commitment, Passion and Tenacity....The difference RESULTS!! More than lists of possibilities, they give you the exact location and make the initial contact of YOUR loved one.
(727) 384-FIND (3463)
Expert Forums
Ask our experts your questions. Click on the Expert Forums link above & go to the forum for the following experts:
Birthmother Expert Forum
Carol Bird answers your questions for birthparents who have relinquished in traditional adoptions. She handles reunion issues also.
Adoptee Expert Forum
Marlou Russell, PhD answers questions concerning adoptee issues, including issues around reunions.
Expert Search Forum
Colleen Buckner answers your questions about the technicalities of how to search.
Person to Person Support Forums
Click on the Forums link above & go to the forum for the following:
Birth Family, considering placement
Birth Family Issues
Adoptee Online Support
Adoption Searches
Chat Rooms:
See Chatroom Schedule
General Search Information
Reminder from Gregoire IMPORTANT F.Y.I. birth dates: Adoptees should be aware that birth dates have been known to be changed by a few days either way. This was to prevent birth mothers from reaching the children. Keep this in mind when conducting your search, and when interviewing people.
There is also a Usenet group where you can post at alt.adoption.
How to get started
It would be helpful to find a support group near you of people who are searching also.
Click here, put in your state and search for search support group. You can also find information from American Adoption Congress or National Adoption Information Clearinghouse at naic@calib.com.
For Information on 'International Soundex Reunion Registry,' the largest in the world, write to:
I.S.R.R.
P O Box 2312
Carson City, NV 89702
For further information you may call them at area code 775-882-7755.
They are really worth the time and effort to register.
Also check with AAC (American Adoption Congress). The AAC is a non-profit organization which is trying to reform adoption laws, & supports open records for adult adoptees seeking their original birth names. They have a quarterly newsletter which has educational articles on adoption issues (birth parents & adoptee). The address is AAC, 1000 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite #9, Washington, DC 20036; phone (202) 483-3399
Good Advice from reader
I was adopted when I was 5 years old. Before that I had been in several foster homes. I did not associate with any of the people I couuld remember from that time. I grew up in a good home, with good people. But, as we all know, that sense of really belonging was not there. I found out that trying to find anything out from the state of New York was worthless. But I did know my birth name, and where I was born. Last September a thought crossed my mind. The state cannot seal birth notices in newspapers. I contacted the paper in my birth city and requested a copy of the birth announcements for my birthday. Well, the paper didn't have the old issues from that date, but they said that the library did. The library found the announcements and mailed me a copy. In the announcement was my fathers name, and more importantly, my mothers maiden name. It was an unusual name, so I pulled up a list of phone numbers with that name in my birth city. Two calls later I was speaking to my uncle, who said that they had been looking for me for years. I have mentioned the birth notice approach to others I know. One person found her birth mother within a few weeks. It works if you know your family name and where you were born. Even if you don't have your family name, as long as you know where and when, it may start the ball rolling. sidestep@worldfax.com
Information about getting birth certificates, death certificates,etc, listed state by state
Please see the following FAQs for adoptees, birthparents and searching
Shea's Searching Information: how to do it
Birth Family Searching includes state by state resources and more
Especially for Adoptees includes resources and personal stories
Especially for Birth Family includes resources and personal stories
How to Start a Search
Internet Resources for Searching and
Also see http://www.webcom.com/kmc/adoption/faqs.html Kevin's site for hiring a professional searcher, and USA search groups.
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