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(pg 526; no longer active as of 9/1/02)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)