Are you Searching for Birth Family?

1. THE ADOPTEES' INTERNET MAILING LIST is a listserve for adoptees dealing with searching and reunion issues. Whether you are searching or just thinking about it, The Adoptees' Internet Mailing List HomePage is an excellent place to start! They have a link to adoption laws by state, and searc and support groups across the United States.
2. CANADIAN ADOPTEES REGISTRY and classifieds. A free registry for those adopted in Canada
3. BITS AND PIECES A New Non-Profit Online Mutual Consent Registry for those adopted in South Carolina. Browsable by date. Thank you Janet!
4. WORLD WIDE REGISTRY for adoptees and birthparents is free, and ther public postings are searchable.
5. LITTLE FRIENDS an adoption bulletin board for those searching for birthparents or for a child to adopt. It is quite large, read all postings or search for a specific date with your web browser.
6. ADOPT an adoptees' support forum where you can post an ad for free or search through existing ads. Includes links to other great sites.
7. CANADA ADOPTEES' REGISTRY is online. Search or post your free ad, whether you are a birthparent, adoptee or sibling of an adoptee.
8. AMERIC ONLINE'S Reunion Registry Input Form. Your post is forwarded to a wonderful woman (I've met her and she found my sister) who then inputs your information into the AOL registry database.
9. BIRTHQUEST-An Online Searchable Database for searching adoptees, birth parents, siblings and adoptive parents Briefly featured on CBS's 48 HRS in May 1996, they have become quite popular. Until recently they were a free registry. Registration is $5. Watch the Adoptees' Internet Mailing List Homepage, as we will be starting a free registry.
10. THE SEEKER MAGAZINE hosts an online free search and post registry, for all who are searching for someone.
    
11. The Embassy Page A great site to "visit" if you are searching outside the US. Point Survey rates The Embassy Page in the top 5% of all WWW sites!
12. Britain In The USA List of official offices and addresses, with a few links that can aid in searching for relatives/friends in Britain and the UK.
13. Social Security Death Index (SSDI). It is online !
14. Roots Surname List Name Finder Searchable index of 50,000 surnames and the people researching them, and how to get in touch with the individual. Useful if you have a name and an idea of where the person you are looking for was from.
15. Kentucky Vital Records Searchable, includes marriages, divorces, and deaths.
16. The U.S. Civil War Center- contains a searchable database - Louisiana State University's site. They are trying to compile ALL Civil War related links that can be found on the Web - over 1000 links so far.
17. ANCESTRY SEARCH claims to be the #1 Genealogy site on the Internet. Find your ancestors in one of their searchable databases. SSDI is also available here. This site won't help you if you are looking for someone living.
18. Family Tree Maker This is a commercial site, but has information on where to write for vital records, how-tos on finding ancestors, links to the US Census Bureau, National Archives and Records, and many more.
    
19. GenWeb Database Sites - - Tim Doyle's GenWeb Database Index contains links to all known genealogical databases available on the Web and is now sorted by the name of the database.

And last but certainly not least, check out the pages of the AAC. That's short for the American Adoption Congress. The American Adoption Congress believes that growth, responsibility, and respect for self and others develop best in lives that are rooted in truth. The AAC is therefore committed to achieving changes in attitudes, policies, and legislation that will guarantee access to identifying information for all adoptees and their birth and adoptive families. Visit the AMERICAN ADOPTION CONGRESS homepage. Adoptees Deserve Their ORIGINAL Birth Certificates!

Other Helpful Links for Finding Missing Or Lost Persons

1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN Do you know any of these children?
   
2. Who? Me? Who? Me? is a searchable database of notes, people leave to each other, when they are trying to find someone they have lost touch with and want to get reconnected. In Adoption cases for instance, but much, much more. Is someone looking for you? Check with Who? Me?'s message base to see. New!
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   Search it NOW with the form below:
   

   Who? Me?

   It is our premise that someone is looking for you. They have a mutually beneficial reason for the two of you to link up or reconnect. So, they are trying to find you ..
   - maybe to rekindle an old friendship (Friendship),
   - maybe a distant uncle died and left you some money (Money),
   - maybe to find a sibling from adoption (Adoption),
   - maybe you might have some information on a common ancestor. (Genealogy)
   - maybe for any one of a hundred other good reasons.
   Enter your Last Name here and hit 'Search' to see if there are any messages in our database meant for you.
   Your Last Name
   

3. BRIAN GUBERMAN has been missing since June 1974. He was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada but disappeared while living in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The message concerning his disappearance is halfwway down the page
   
4. SWITCHBOARD--Online Published Residential Listings Great for those without a PHONE DISC
   
5. CANADA 411 Online Phone Directory for Canada, much like Switchboard
   
6. Find People Who've Moved can be beneficial if someone you are looking for has recently moved. Search by last name or old address.
7. WHOWHERE--The Largest Internet Directory of Email Addresses From Around The World
   
8. FOUR11--Another Internet Directory of Email Addresses
   
9. BIGYELLOW--An Online Yellow Pages Directory, searchable by state
   
10. YELLOWNET--World-Wide Pages, access all businesses in the US by type
    
11. AT&T TOLL-FREE INTERNET DIRECTORY browse by category or name,city or state
    
12. YAHOO--search all of YAHOO or just in phone numbers
    
13. NATIONAL DOB DEMO Search via name and Date of Birth. No charge for the demo.

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