Adoption records search

People considering adoption have a range of options.

  • Agency Adoption (adopting through an adoption agency)
  • Private (or Independent) Adoption (adopting through an adoption attorney)
  • International Adoption (adopting a child from another country)
  • Foster Adoption (adopting a child from foster care through a public agency)
  • Stepparent Adoption (adopting your step child)
  • Adoption Facilitators (often faster, but more expensive and not allowed in every state)

Check ADOPTION records; locate MISSING CHILDREN or relatives.

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Adoption records search

Other Adoption records links

  • Adoption Fraud - Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.
  • Adoption And Wardship In Victoria - Complied by the Public Records Office Of Victoria. History of relevant legislation, records and records types, access restrictions and repository and archive locations and contact details.
  • Adoption Records in the Oregon State Archives - Specific adoption information in the Oregon State Archives may appear in state agency or county court records.
  • Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide - Working to open adoption records, throughout the United States.
  • Find Anything Spy Software - Fill in the family tree with missing relatives and ancestors, birth, death and adoption records.
  • Adoptees and Birthfamily for Open Records Nationwide (ABORN) - Adoptees rights advocacy group. Includes information about searching, reunions and adoption laws.
  • Schroeder and Fuelling GbR - Family history research, genealogy records, emigration database, adoption, and heir tracing work by genealogist. (German/English)
  • Registrar General's Department (RGD) - To support national planning and to provide evidence of every birth, stillbirth, death, adoption and marriage and provide a secure repository for public records.
  • Adoptions International - A pre-adoption medical clearing house for international adoptions. Services include review of medical records and a written medical opinion regarding health of potential adoptees. Includes information about fees.
  • General Register Office (Northern Ireland) - responsible for the registration of births, deaths, marriages, and adoptions in Northern Ireland and for issuing certificates, compiling statistics, and maintaining historical records. The site provides an on-line ordering service for birth, death, marriage and adoption certificates, and advice on the registration of these events.
  • Coalition for Open Adoption Records (Ontario) - Includes news, Bill 108 and a petition.
  • Americans for Open Records - Advocates the rights of birthfamilies and provides reunion resources; says adoption is slavery.
  • Open Records Debate - An examination of the issue from About.com.
  • Adoption in the Computer Age - Discussion about how the Computer Age (or the Third Age) is revolutionizing adoption and searches. Includes information about SSDI, open records bills, the Uniform Adoption Act, search methods, recent developments, and Internet resources.