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ADOPTION STORIES OF SEARCH AND RECONNECTION

Denise Castellucci's Voices of Adoption Successful search and reunion stories. A Magellan four-star site.
Julie's Search and Reunion Journey: A well-designed and well-written story of search, reunion and open records activism.
MMichele Rice's Adoption Reunion Page On-line photo album. You can add your own reunion photo. Links to other reunion and open records sites.
True tales of Revolting Reunions Some less positive reunion stories to help you put it in perspective.
Michael Avallone's Welcome Home, Daniel: An Adoption Story and Journey of Self-Discovery
Emily Horowitz's Meeting My Maker: a reunion story.
"Angry Grandma"'s search and reunion story. From abuse to peace.
The Mending Wall: a place where you can memorialize a birthparent found too late. When your birthrelative dies before you find.

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FINDING OUT AS AN ADULT THAT YOU'RE ADOPTED

Bastard out of Monterey Park is a series of diary entries of a man who learned he was adopted as an adult.

Late Discovery Adoptee Resource Page includes info. on how to join the LDA email list.

Late Discovery Adoptees: Are You Adopted? Are You Sure? An article on the history of and issues concerning LDAs.

Questionnaire for Late Discovery Adoptees: You are not alone. Get involved.

B.G. Blackburn's Bastard Moments I have Known tells how an adult adoptee confronts the father who has kept her adoptive status a secret, even from her .

Mother's Day by Ron Morgan: A late-discovery adoptee muses on the departed mother who had never told him he was adopted.

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

A list of books about adoption searching, reunion, etc. from the alt.adoption FAQs compiled by Rosemarie Ventura.
The Bastard Nation Bookstore allows you to order books online from Amazon.com's secure server. Includes books on searching, the adoptee experience, bastardy, birthparents, civil rights and activism.
Heritage Magazine has a list of past articles published about adoption searching, adoptee genealogy and open records. Use the site's search function. You can order back issues as well as public record CDs and microfilms.. Excellent resource!
Global Genealogy books has special sections on Home Children who were shipped from Britain for adoption in Canada and the U.S. Include Orphan Train info. You can order online.
Tapestry Books : an online bookstore specializing in books about adoption and infertility
Susan Wadia-Ells's The Adoption Reader is an anthology on adoption.
Sarah Saffian's Ithaka tells the story of an young adopted woman who unexpectedly contacted by her birthparents who had married after her relinquishment.

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DIRECT SEARCH SITES

These are sites where you can directly look up names, numbers, addresses, etc.

* Before Searching on the Internet PLEASE read this WARNING from the Adoptee-Birthfamily Connections! *
Protect yourself from online fraud and predatory private investigators!

Switchboard: a nation- wide U.S. phone directory. If you have a name, look it up here first.
Ancestry.com's Records Search - Includes vital recs, military, church, court records and more.
California Birth Index - If you were born in California, you may be able to figure out your birthname and your birthmother's maiden name here.
Social Security Death Index courtesy of Ancestry.com. Free U.S. death index search to find out if someone is still alive, where their SS number was issues and their last known address. Search it yourself online!
Vital Records - List of U.S. vital records offices and protocols online.
Military Search Sites - A list of U.S. and Canadian military search resources courtesy of Adoption Triad Outreach.
American Directory Assistance - If you can't find it on Switchboard - try here. ADA also maps out locations it finds for you. Excellent service.
Reverse phone number lookup for North America. Put in a phone number, get back a name and address.
International Phone Directories : Phone directories all over the world; both residential and business.
Mapquest is an online address locater.
555-1212.com has a quick area code lookup, email, phone numbers and even websites by area code.
Infospace: Excellent all-purpose directory including government info., city guides, white and yellow page listings, online greeting cards, etc. Links to international Infospace guides.
World Alumni Net is a growing international online registry of college and university alumni. State-and province listings for US and Canada.
Cyndi's list of Genealogy sites on the Internet is an excellent resource with pages listed by ethnicity and topic. Includes an adoption page.
Barrel of Genealogy Links has over 250 international genealogy links (also many Native American resources) and over 70 Civil War links.

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