Directory of Search and Reunion Resources

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Resources to help all members of the adoption triad search and reunite with family members.

Subcategories

• Chats and Forums
• Cole Babies
• Personal Pages
• Professional Services
• Registries

Resources in This Category

• Adoption Crossroads

  http://www.adoptioncrossroads.org/
  Network of adoption search, support and reunion organizations. Includes message board and chat room.

• Adoption Puzzle

  http://www.genealogytoday.com/adoption/puzzle
  Information about searching, adoptee rights, and adoption reform.

• Adoption Search Links

  http://members.tripod.com/~jlightkeeper/adoption.html
  Collection of links related to searching for birth family.

• 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.

• Canadian Council of Natural Mothers

  http://www.ccnm-mothers.ca/
  Organization that supports open access to personal information in adoption records and access to the original registration of live birth for both natural mothers and adult adopted persons. Includes Mothers Bill of Rights, articles and search and membership information. [English and French]

• Colorado Adoption Search and Reunion

  http://www.adopteesearch.info/
  Dedicated to Colorado adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families, but providing general search information and tips.

• Colorado Adoption Search and Reunion Resources

  http://www.genealogybranches.com/adoption.html
  Tips, links and book recommendations for adoptees and birth parents.

• Heartland Adoption Connection

  http://webspace.webring.com/people/lg/geoadopt/
  Features a registry, search tips, and reunion stories.

• PA Adoption Search and Education

  http://rombergers.tripod.com/main.html
  Contains general information about searching in Pennsylvania. Includes a review of legislative and political issues, copy of relinquishment documents, and list of area support and search groups.

• 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.

• Shea's Search Series: The Definitive Guide to Self-Empowered Adoptee Search

  http://www.plumsite.com/shea/series.html
  Guides provide advice from making the decision to search, and choices in searching, through petitioning the court.

• Washington Adoption Reunion Movement

  http://www.warmsearch.org/
  A non-profit organization that provides information, referral, support and search services to adoptees, birth families and adoptive parents. Includes membership information and list of support groups.

• West Texas Children's Aid and Welfare Association

  http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/adoptee/
  Information about the W.A. Nicholas Home which operated in Abilene, Texas from 1921 to 1945, and placed children in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

• 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. Information about searching, legislation, services and programs.

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