Appendix K: Adoption Registries

International

Please note that the registries found were assumed to be international if registrants from various countries were found within them, more than one country was allowed on their registration form, and there was no statement otherwise limiting them.

Adoptee/Birth Parent Free Search Registry
(pg 525)

Adoptees and Birth Family RegistryAdoptee Birthfamily ConnectionsAngry Grandmas Registry (pg 525)

Adoption Reunion Registries
(pg 525)

AdoptionRegistry.comAdoption.com
(pg 525)

Adoptions Records Database
(pg 525)

Adoption Search & Find Registry
(pg 525)

Adoption Searches and Reunion Registry
(pg 525)

Adoption Triad Outreach International Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 525)

Arvin Publications Free Adoption Registry
(pg 525)

The Birthmother Tree
(pg 525)

BirthQuest Online International Searchable Database
(pg 525)

Black Market Adoptee’s Registry (U.S. and Canada)
(pg 525)

Closing the Gap Registry (U.S. and Canada)
(pg 525)

Eyes Wide Open Registry
(pg 526)

FindMe
(pg 526)

Free International Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

G Spot United States Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Gina’s Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

International Soundex Reunion Registry (I.S.R.R.)
(pg 526)

Kayhhs’ Radical Opinions Registries
(pg 526)

Kindred Pursuits, The CANADopt Registry (Canada and U.S.)
(pg 526)

Lisa’s Adoption Search Pages
(pg 526)

Lost and Missing Relatives
(pg 526)

Lost n Found Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Lynches Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 526)

Metro Reunion Registry
(pg 526)

PBN Adoption Post
(pg 526)

Relatively Seeking
(pg 526)

Relinquished Registry
(pg 526)

ReunionRegistry
(pg 526)

Searching for Siblings Registry
(pg 526)

The Seekers of the Lost International Free Adoption and Missing Persons Registry
(pg 526)

World Wide Registry
(pg 526)

www.Reunion.com Adoption Registry
(pg 526; no longer active as of 9/1/02)


Australia

Australia Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Origins Tasmania’s Registry
for Australian Black Market Adoptees
(pg 526)


Canada

British Columbia’s Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 526)

The Ideal Maternity Home/Home of the Butterbox Babies
(pg 526)

Canada Adoption Registry
(pg 526)

Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc.
(pg 527)

Family Ties Adoption Search Canada Database
(pg 527)


Germany

Germany Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


Greece

S.E.A.S.Y.P. Greek Reunion Registry
(pg 527)


Ireland

Ireland Adoption Registry
(pg 527)

Irish Adoption Contact Register
(pg 527)

For Northern Ireland, please refer to “United Kingdom.”


Korea

topseeknow.com
(pg 527)


New Zealand

New Zealand Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


Philippines

Philippines Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


South Africa

Adoption Reunions South Africa
(pg 527)


South Korea

South Korea Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


United Kingdom

Please note that adoptees in the U.K. are entitled to access their original birth certificates and may have access to certain other records.

England

England Adoption Registry
(pg 527)


United States

Please note that the registries found were assumed to be U.S. national if various U.S. addresses were found within them, there was no statement otherwise limiting or extending them, and only U.S. states were allowed within their online registration form.

Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide (A.B.O.R.N.)
(pg 527)

AdoptionRegistry.Net
(pg 528)

Family Ties Adoption Search Database
(pg 528)

Helping Angels/Missing/Lost Family/Friends
(pg 528)

Search Registry Page for All Whose Life Has Been Affected by an Adoption Facilitiated by Catholic Charities
(pg 528)

Twins & Triplets Search Registry
(pg 528)

United States Adoption Registry
(pg 528)


Alabama

Please note that Alabama is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Alabama Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Alabama Birthlink Online Reunion Registry
(pg 528)

Office of AdoptionAlabama Department of Human Resources (pg 528)


Alaska

Please note that Alaska is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Alaska Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Bureau of Vital Statistics
(pg 528)


Arizona

Arizona Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Arizona Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 528; site closed as of 9/1/02)


Arkansas

Arkansas Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

Arkansas Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 528)

Arkansas Reunion Registry
(pg 528)

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
(pg 528)


California

California Adoptees Searching
(pg 528)

California Adoption Search & Reunion
(pg 528)

California Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 528)

Consent Program, California Department of Social Services, Adoptions Branch (pg 529; 9/1/02)


Colorado

Adoptees in Search (Denver, CO)
(pg 529)

Colorado Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Colorado Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 529)

Colorado Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 529)


Connecticut

Connecticut Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Department of Children and Families
(pg 529)


Delaware

Delaware Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Delaware Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 529)


District of Columbia

District of Columbia Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)


Florida

Children of Hope (FL)
(pg 529)

The Cole Baby Registry (Miami, FL)
(pg 529)

Common Bond Free Search Registry (FL)
(pg 529)

Finding in Florida
(pg 529)

Florida Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Florida Adoption Reunion Registry (FARR)
(pg 529)

Florida Online Family Finders (F.O.F.F.)
(pg 529)


Georgia

Georgia Adoptees Searching
(pg 529)

Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry
site 1
(pg 529)
or
site 2
(pg 529)

N. Georgia Reunion Registry
(pg 529)

Silent Legacy/Hicks Clinic Birth Registry (McCaysville, GA)
(pg 530)


Hawaii

Hawaii Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)


Idaho

Grain of Life Registry (ID)
(pg 530)

Idaho Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Idaho Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 530)


Illinois

Illinois Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Illinois Adoption Registry
(pg 530)


Indiana

Indiana Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Indiana Adoption History Registry
(pg 530)

Indiana Searching
(pg 530)


Iowa

Iowa Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Iowa Reunion Registry
(pg 530)

IOWASEARCH
(pg 530)


Kansas

Please note that Kansas is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Kansas Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
(pg 530)


Kentucky

Kentucky Adoptees Searching
(pg 530)

Kentucky Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 530; 9/1/02)

Kentucky’s Adoption Search Services
(pg 530; 11/10/03)

Ole Kentucky Home Registry
(pg 531)


Louisiana

Louisiana Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

Louisiana Adoption Database
(pg 531)

Louisiana Adoption RegistryLouisiana Voluntary Registry (pg 531)

Sellers Baptist Children’s Home & Adoption Center (New Orleans, LA)
(pg 531)


Maine

Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 531)

Maine Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

The Maine Registry
(pg 531)

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont
(pg 531)


Maryland

Maryland Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 531)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

The Massachusetts Registry
(pg 531)


Michigan

Michigan Adoptees Searching
(pg 531)

Michigan Central Adoption Registry
(pg 531; 9/1/02)

Michigan Listings
(pg 531)

The Michigan Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 531; site no longer working as of 9/1/02)

MoonMist’s Michigan Registry
(pg 531)


Minnesota

Minnesota Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
(pg 532)

Minnesota Fathers’ Adoption Registry
(pg 532)

Minnesota Registry
(pg 532)


Mississippi

Centralized Adoption Records File
(pg 532)

Mississippi Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Mississippi Reunion Registry
(pg 532)


Missouri

Adoption Information Registry
(pg 532)

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
(pg 532)

Missouri Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)


Montana

Montana Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Montana Reunion Registry
(pg 532)


Nebraska

Biological Father Registry
(pg 532)

Nebraska Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Nebraska Reunion Registry
(pg 532)


Nevada

Nevada Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Nevada State Adoption Registry
(pg 532)


New Hampshire

New Hampshire Adoptees Searching
(pg 532)

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont
(pg 532)


New Jersey

DYFS Adoption Registry
(pg 533)

New Jersey Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)


New Mexico

New Mexico Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

New Mexico Adoption Registry
(pg 533)


New York

Adoption and Medical Information Registry
(pg 533)

New York Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

New York Adoption Database
(pg 533)

Our Lady of Victory Infant Home (aka Father Baker’s) (Lackawanna, NY)
(pg 533)

The Springer Connection (Springer Private Hospital, Union, NY)
(pg 533)


North Carolina

North Carolina Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)


North Dakota

The Dakotas Registry
(pg 533)

North Dakota Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)


Ohio

Ohio Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

Ohio Adoption Registry
(pg 533)

Ohio Reunion Registry
(pg 533; 11/4/02)


Oklahoma

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas)
(pg 533)

Oklahoma Adoptees Searching
(pg 533)

Oklahoma DHS Adoption Reunion RegistryMutual Consent Voluntary Registry (pg 533)

Oklahoma_Registry
(pg 533)


Oregon

Please note that Oregon is an open records state, allowing adult adoptees unrestricted access to original adoption information.

Oregon Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)

Voluntary Adoption Registry
(pg 534)


Pennsylvania

Adoption Medical History Registry
(pg 534)

Pennsylvania Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)


Rhode Island

Rhode Island Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)

Rhode Island Family Court Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont
(pg 534)


South Carolina

South Carolina Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)


South Dakota

The Dakotas Registry
(pg 534)

South Dakota Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)


Tennessee

Adoption Advanced Notice Registry
(pg 534)

Tennessee Adoptees Searching
(pg 534)

Tennessee Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Tennessee Mama’s Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Tennessee Reunion Registry
(pg 534)


Texas

Central Adoption Registry
(pg 534)

Crystal Ladies Adoption Registry (for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas)
(pg 534)

Edna Gladney Reunion Registry (Edna Gladney Agency)
(pg 534)

Homestead Reunion Registry (Homestead Maternity Home & Adoption Agency)
(pg 534)

Hope Cottage Reunion Registry
(pg 535)

Lena Pope Reunion Registry (Lena Pope Maternity Home)
(pg 535)

Rest Cottage Registry (Rest Cottage Maternity Home & Adoption Agency)
(pg 535)

Texas Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)

Texas Adoption Search Registry
(pg 535)

Texas Reunion Registry
(pg 535)

Volunteers of America Reunion Registry
(pg 535)


Utah

Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 535)

Utah Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


Vermont

Tammy’s Adoption Search Page & Registry for Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont
(pg 535)

Vermont Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)

Vermont Adoption Registry/Finding Your Roots
(pg 535)


Virginia

Child Protective Services Central Registry
(pg 535)

Virginia Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)

Virginia Adoption Registry
(pg 535)


Washington

Washington Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


West Virginia

Mutual Consent Registry
(pg 535)

West Virginia Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


Wisconsin

Adoption Records Search Program
(pg 535)

ICARE Wisconsin Adoptee/Birth Family Registry
(pg 535)

Wisconsin Adoptees Searching
(pg 535)


Wyoming

Putative Father Registry
(pg 536)

Wyoming Adoptees Searching
(pg 536)

Wyoming Confidential Intermediaries Program
site 1
(pg 536)
or
site 2
(pg 536)

Wyoming Registry
(pg 536)


Viet Nam

Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI)
(pg 536)

Vietnamese Adoptee Network, Inc.
(pg 536; site no longer working as of 9/1/02)

Appendix J: Telephone Directories

Acxiom Directories/Home
OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online
(pg 521)

BusinessCanada
LexisNexis
(pg 521)

Research Centers and Services Directories (RCSD)
InfoTrac (Gale Group) and DialogWeb
(pg 522)

Appendix I: Quotations, Speech, and Transcript Databases

3500 Good Quotes for Speakers
LexisNexis
(pg 515)

African-American History and Culture
Facts on File, Inc.
(pg 515)

American Banker News Service
DialogWeb
(pg 515)

American Journey: Civil Rights in America
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 515)

American Journey: The African-American Experience
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Journey: The Hispanic-American Experience
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Journey: Westward Expansion
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Journey: Women in America
Gale Group/PSM Online
(pg 516)

American Memory
U.S. Library of Congress
(pg 516)

Associated Press-Campaign News
LexisNexis
(pg 516)

Business & Management Practices (BaMP)
DialogWeb, Gale Group, LexisNexis and as part of Gale Group’s Business Reference Suite
(pg 516)

Canada NewsWire (CNW)
DialogWeb
(pg 516)

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) or CBCA Fulltext Business
Micromedia Ltd.
(pg 516)

Congressional Record
LexisNexis and U.S. Government Printing Office (CPO)/Office of Electronic Dissemination Services (SDE)
(pg 517)

Consumer InSite
Intelligence Data, Inc.
(pg 517)

Dansk Nationallitteraert Arkiv (DNA) or Danish National Archive of Literature
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (KB)
(pg 517)

The Executive Speaker
LexisNexis
(pg 517)

Federal News Service
DialogWeb
(pg 517)

Journalisten-Pool-Datenbank or Up-to-Date Economic News for Journalists
GENIOS
(pg 518)

Landmark Documents in American History
Facts on File, Inc.
(pg 518)

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS)
Former Database Name: Multicultural Australia Information System
Informit Online
(pg 518)

NBC Professional
LexisNexis
(pg 519)

The New York Times (NYT)
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 519)

Project Vote Smart Database
Center for National Independence in Politics/Project Vote Smart
(pg 519)

REUTERS Markets 3000
Reuters Group PLC/Reuters Web
(pg 519)

The Summary of World Broadcasts (SWB)
BBC and DataStarWeb
(pg 519)

United Kingdom Law Journal Library
LexisNexis
(pg 519)

Appendix H: Databases That Include Photographs

The AMICO Library
Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG)/Eureka
(pg 510)

DISCovering Multicultural America
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 511)

History Resource Center: U.S.
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 511)

Den Nationale Billedbase
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (KB)
(pg 511)

Scribner Writers Series?Comprehensive Edition
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 512)

Scribner Writers Series?Selected Authors Edition
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 512)

Sun Herald
Internet, West Group/Westlaw
(pg 512)

Texas Almanac
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 512)

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
WilsonWeb
(pg 513)

Wilson Current Biography Illustrated
WilsonWeb
(pg 513)

Wilson Junior Authors & Illustrators
WilsonWeb
(pg 513)

Appendix G: Magazine, Newsletter, Newspaper, and Periodical Directory Databases

Academic ASAP
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 495)

Academic Index
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 495)

Actualite Quebec or CD Actualite Quebec
CEDROM-SNI Inc.
(pg 495)

Aerzte-Zeitung Datenbank
DataStarWeb
(pg 495)

ANSA or Italian General News Service; Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata
DataStarWeb
(pg 495)

Arizona Republic/Phoenix Gazette/Arizona Business Gazette
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb and Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. Library, LI-18
(pg 496)

Asia Intelligence Wire (AIW)
DialogWeb
(pg 496)

Asia-Pacific Business Journals
DataStarWeband DialogWeb
(pg 496)

Asia-Pacific News
DialogWeb
(pg 496)

ASIA-PACIFIC
DialogWeb
(pg 496)

Associated Press Newswires
West Group/Westlaw
(pg 496)

Associated Press Newswires’Plus
West Group/Westlaw
(pg 496)

BBC International Reports
BBC and LexisNexis
(pg 496)

BizEkon News/Soviet Economic Press Report
LexisNexis and West Group/Westlaw
(pg 497)

BridgeNews
Bridge Information Systems, Inc./Knight Ridder Financial Information Group
(pg 497)

Business & Industry (B&I)
ChemWeb, Inc., DataStarWeb, DialogWeb, and LexisNexis
(pg 497)

Business Dateline
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 497)

Canadian Newspapers
DialogWeb
(pg 498)

CBCA Fulltext Business
DialogWeb
(pg 498)

CNN News Transcripts
Cable News Network (CNN) and LexisNexis
(pg 498)

CPI.Q
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 498)

Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
LexisNexis
(pg 498)

Daily Digest of the Russian Press
LexisNexis and West Group/Westlaw
(pg 498)

Dialog Headlines
DialogWeb
(pg 498)

DIALOGSelect
DialogWeb
(pg 499)

Early Edition/U.S.
DialogWeb
(pg 499)

EIU on the Internet
The Economist Group/The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd. (EIU)
(pg 499)

EIU Online
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb, The Economist Group/The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd. (EIU) and LexisNexis
(pg 499)

EIU TradeWire
The Economist Group/The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ltd. (EIU)
(pg 499)

Ethnic NewsWatch
LexisNexis
(pg 499)

Euromoney Publications PLC
DataStarWeb
(pg 499)

Federal News Service
DialogWeb
(pg 500)

Financial Times Business Reports: Eastern Europe
DataStarWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 500)

The Frontrunner
Congressional Quarterly Inc. (CQ), LexisNexis and West Group/Westlaw
(pg 500)

G-Search Database
G-Search Ltd.
(pg 500)

General BusinessFile ASAP
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General BusinessFile ASAP International
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Periodicals ASAP Abridged
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Periodicals Index (GPI)
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Reference Center
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Reference Center Gold
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

General Reference Center Select
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 500)

INFO-LATINOAMERICA
National Information Services Corporation (NISC) BiblioLine
(pg 501)

Information on Serial Feature Articles
JoongAng Ilbo New Media Inc.
(pg 501)

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 501)

InfoTrac OneFile
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 501)

JoongAng Ilbo
JoongAng Ilbo New Media Inc.
(pg 501)

Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News (KRTBN)
DialogWeb and Infomart Online
(pg 501)

Kookje Shinmun
Kookje Shinmun Co., Ltd.
(pg 501)

LexisNexis Academic Universe
LexisNexis
(pg 501)

Magazine Index
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 502)

The McGraw-Hill Companies Publications Online
DialogWeband LexisNexis
(pg 502)

Mideast/Africa Library
LexisNexis
(pg 502)

Miller Freeman Industry and Product News
DataStarWeb
(pg 502)

Multimedia Database
G-Search Ltd.
(pg 502)

New Zealand Newspapers
West Group/Westlaw
(pg 502)

Newsearch
DialogWeb
(pg 502)

NewsEdge Insight
NewsEdge Corporation
(pg 502)

NewsEdge Live
NewsEdge Corporation
(pg 502)

NewsfileBBC
(pg 503)

Newsletter Database
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 503)

NewsLibrary
MediaStream, Inc.
(pg 503)

Newspaper & Periodical Abstracts
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Newspaper Abstracts
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Newspaper Abstracts Daily
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Newswire ASAP
DialogWeb
(pg 503)

Periodical Abstracts PlusText
DialogWeb
(pg 504)

Presscom
Nexus Information Service
(pg 504; 9/1/02)

PressLink Online
NewsCom-PressLink
(pg 504)

PROMT or Predicasts Overview of Markets and Technology
DataStarWeb, DialogWeb and InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 504)

ProQuest Newsstand
DialogWeb
(pg 504)

Regional News Library
LexisNexis
(pg 505)

Rubber and Plastics News
LexisNexis
(pg 505)

South American Business Information (SABI)
DialogWeb
(pg 505)

Standard & Poor’s Daily News
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 506)

The Summary of World Broadcasts (SWB)
BBC and DataStarWeb
(pg 506)

SuperTOM+
InfoTrac (Gale Group)
(pg 506)

Tire Business
Crain Communications, Inc.
(pg 506)

Top News Library
LexisNexis
(pg 506)

Transcripts: News Events and Congressional Hearings
Congressional Quarterly Inc. (CQ)
(pg 506)

Transport Europe
EIS and LexisNexis
(pg 506)

TV & Radio Transcripts Daily
DialogWeb and LexisNexis
(pg 506)

U.K. Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 507)

U.S. Business Browser
OneSource Information Services
(pg 507)

U.S. Business Reporter
DialogWeb
(pg 507)

U.S. Press
Congressional Quarterly Inc. (CQ)
(pg 507)

Wilson Reader’s Guide Full Text Mega Edition
DialogWeb
(pg 507)

World Library
LexisNexis
(pg 507)

World Reporter
DataStarWeb and DialogWeb
(pg 507)