Adoption Talk

 

[This talk is based on my experiences in searching for and locating my own birth family, generally using resources available on the internet. The following internet sites are discussed, using overhead slides or a PowerPoint presentation. Duration: about 1 hour. Handouts are provided.]

 

Your Right To Know

http://www.visualimage.com/cyn/txcare/txrights.html

 

Adoption Listservs

 

Adoption Mailing Lists                      http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_adoption.html

Adoptees Internet Mailing List         http://24.8.18.174/AIML

Tile.net                                                   http://tile.net/

Usenet Newsgroups                            http://www.webcom.com/kmc/adoption/faqs.html

 

Decree of Adoption

 

Adoption Statutes, by Country         http://webcom.com/kmc/                                    http://www.absnw.com/right_to_know/states.html      

State Law Summaries                           http://psy.ucsd.edu/~jhartung/laws2.txt          http://www.bastards.org/activism/local/adlaw.htm

                Texas Adoption Law           http://capitol.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/codes/FA000060.html

US Vital Records                                  http://vitalrec.com/index.html                            http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000174.html

 

Reunion Registries                            http://www.absnw.com/right_to_know/registry.html

 

ISRR                                                       http://www.plumsite.com/isrr/

Texas                                                      http://www.tdprs.state.tx.us/children_available_for_adoption/Related_Links/registry.asp

 

Non-Identifying Information            

 

Detective Agencies

 

How to start searching                        http://psy.ucsd.edu/~jhartung/adopt.inf

Shea’s Search Series                           http://www.absnw.com/right_to_know/series.html

Volunteer Search Network                  http://www.vsn.org/

Search Angels                                      http://members.aol.com/bmom2amy/searchangels.html

 

Self-Help Books

Norma Mott Tillman                            How to Find Almost Anyone, Anywhere  (*not recommended*)

 

People Search                                      http://www.CyndisList.com/finding.htm

 

Switchboard                                          http://www.switchboard.com

 

Internet Resources

 

Cyndi’s List                                          http://www.CyndisList.com/adoption.htm      (Many other sites available)

Cyn’s Adoption Page                         http://www.visualimage.com/cyn/Adoption.HTML

 

Letter of Introduction

 

Expectations—Birth Parents, Adoptive Children, Adoptive Parents

 

Questions, Known Information

 

Marriage Records                                http://abish.ricks.edu/fhc/gbsearch.asp          (western states)

Social Security Numbers                     http://www.informus.com/hdocs/ssnlkup.html

 

Search Areas

 

State-specific help                               http://members.aol.com/bmom2amy/Sthelp.html

                Texas                                      http://members.aol.com/deitrahs/TEXAS.html

 

Family Records (utility of Bibles, wills, letters, documents, etc.)

 

 

[File created, 9 January 2001; last updated, 9 January 2001]