- BirthQuest - http://www.birthquest.org/
An online searchable database dedicated to searching adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents and siblings.
- Volunteer Search Network - http://www.vsn.org/
A worldwide group of volunteers who have come together to offer services to people touched by adoption who need search help.
- The AdopTalk Center - http://adoptalk.jakserver.com/
Comfort, guidance and hope for adoptees in search. Features search resources, book recommendations, adoption stories, and a bimonthly newsletter.
- Adoptee Searcher's Handbook - http://www.ouareau.com/adoptee/index.html
Directory of information on a wide range of adoption related topics. It is focused on Canada but also has pages for U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
- Adoptee Birthfamily Connections - http://www.birthfamily.com/
Features organized links to search and support resources for adoptees and birth family members, registry, forums, and mailing list.
- Shea's Search Series - http://www.plumsite.com/shea/series.html
"Self-Empowered Adoptee Search" from Adoptee's Right to Know guides you from making the decision to search, and choices in searching through petitioning the court.
- State Specific Resources - http://members.aol.com/bmom2amy/Sthelp.html
Adult adoptee and birthfamily search and reunion resources organized by state: Registries, support groups, vital statistics information, and databases.
- International Soundex Reunion Registry - http://www.isrr.net/
A non-profit agency which serves and promotes the reunion of next-of-kin or family that have been separated at birth, by adoption, institutional care, abandonment, divorce or foster care.
- Adoption Pennsylvania - http://millennium.fortunecity.com/ellerburn/894/index.html
Information and resources for searching in Pennsylvania.
- TRY Resource and Referral Center - http://www.try.org
An adoption resource and referral center located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Supports and assists in adoption searches, finding adoption triad members, and offers consultation on adoption issues.
- Brick Wall Survivors - http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Atrium/6382
Support for adoptees having trouble in their search process.
- Baby Theft Investigation - http://www.babytheft.org/
Focuses on the case and investigation of the theft of newborn twins from a hospital in the late 1960s.
- White Oak Foundation - http://www.whiteoakfoundation.org/
A not-for-profit organization offering free post-adoption services to all triad members with an Illinois connection. Site includes information about searching, legislation, services and programs.
- Search Triad, Inc. - http://home.att.net/~kehgchu/home.html
Helping to reunite people separated by adoption, foster care or divorce.
- Tina's Adoption Reform and Search Pages - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9606/
Adoption search information, including online databases, legislative addresses, vital statistics, and court addresses.
- Orphan Voyage Memorials - http://www.geocities.com/orphanvoyage1953/index.html
Dedicated to adoptees and birthparents who died before being reunited. Includes stories and memorials.
- Triad Online - http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/pamela.anstey/triadonline/
Information for individuals who wish to begin a post-adoption search involving Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Includes general information for all adoptees.
- Torn Asunder - http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/springhill/801/tornasunder/adoptionindex/index.html
Registry and investigative resources to aid family members seeking reunion after adoption.
- Adoption Crossroads - http://www.adoptioncrossroads.org
Network of adoption search, support and reunion organizations. Includes message board and chat room.
- Adoption Search Links - http://members.tripod.com/~jlightkeeper/adoption.html
Collection of links related to searching for birth family.
- Young Once, Indian Forever - http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/indianforever/
Information about and for Native Americans who were adopted or fostered and who are searching for their birth family members.
- Birth-Family-Online - http://www.birth-family-online.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Offers free knowledge and guidance to people searching in the UK. Includes stories, links and photos.
- Washington Adoption Reunion Movement - http://www.warmsearch.org/
Provides search, reunion, and educational resources and services. Includes a fee-based registry, information about free and fee-based services, and membership details.
- Adoption Puzzle - http://www.genealogytoday.com/adoption/puzzle
Information about searching, adoptee rights, and adoption reform. Includes links to search tools, registries, and mailing lists.
- Adoption Tracker - http://www.adoptiontracker.com/
Online research database matches up children and parents separated through adoption. Includes news on related legal and social issues.
- PA Adoption Search and Education - http://rombergers.tripod.com/main.html
Contains general information about searching in Pennsylvania, United States. Includes a review of legislative and political issues, copy of relinquishment documents, and list of area support and search groups.
- Adoption Africa - http://www.watts01.btinternet.co.uk/adopt/
Registry, search tips, personal stories, and legal information for adoptees and birth parents in South Africa, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia.
- Adoptionopoly - http://users.rcn.com/jonmarin/adoptionopoly.htm
A satire, modeled loosely on the board game Monopoly, that highlights the frustrations experienced by adult adoptees who are trying to search for their origins.
- Adoption Forum Pittsburgh - http://www.geocities.com/pghadoptionforum/
Offers search and support guidance for birth parents and adoptees. Holds local meetings and workshops. Meeting details and resources are presented.
- AdoptionFamilyNetwork.com - http://www.adoptionfamilynetwork.com/
Offers fee-based services in addition to free resources, including forums, registry, tools, and reunion stories. [Registration is required for some sections.]
- Adoption Search and Reunion - http://www.adopteesearch.info/
Dedicated to Colorado adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families, but providing general search information and tips for anyone.
- Connected Indian Roots - http://www.people.freenet.de/connectedindianroots
Networking community that helps adoptees search and learn what it means to be of Indian origin but brought up in a totally different culture. Includes articles and links.
- Everlasting Search - http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/thesearcher/
Tips and information from an adoptee who has gone through the process.
- Birth Search America - http://www.birthsearchamerica.com
Provides search, intermediary and reunion services to adoptees and birth parents in the Lafayette, Louisiana area.
- Protestant Home for Babies - http://www.protestanthomeforbabies.com/
Information about a maternity and adoption home located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Includes search help and tips.
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