Open Directory - Home: Family: Adoption: Search and Reunion
See also: - Registry, search tips, personal stories, and legal information especially for Southern Africans (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) adoptees and birth parents. - Network of adoption search, support and reunion organizations. Includes message board and chat room. - Information and resources for searching in Pennsylvania. - Information about searching, adoptee rights, and adoption reform. - Collection of links related to searching for birth family. - Dedicated to Colorado adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families, but providing general search information and tips for anyone. - 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. - 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] - Tips, links and book recommendations for adoptees and birth parents. - Features a registry, search tips, and reunion stories. - NCCAR works to educate the public regarding adoption and adoption laws, and networks with adoption agencies and all people engaged in the interests of adoption, to reform North Carolina laws. - 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. - A support group for adult adoptees, birth relatives and adopting parents across Canada. Includes history and FAQ. - Information about a maternity and adoption home located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Includes search help and tips. - Guides provide advice from making the decision to search, and choices in searching, through petitioning the court. - Adoption search information, including online databases, legislative addresses, vital statistics, and court addresses. - Registry and investigative resources to aid family members seeking reunion after adoption. - Information for individuals who wish to begin a post-adoption search involving Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Includes general information for all adoptees. - 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. - 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. - 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.
