List of search and support groups around the United States - http://www.paadoptionreunionregistry.org/BluePage.htm
Free International Soundex Reunion Registry - http://www.isrr.org
Search Finders of California - http://www.searchfindersofcalifornia.com
Salvation Army Booth Babies info - http://salvationarmy-usaeast.org/find/booth_babies.htm
Emergency Medical Locators - http://www.adoption-free-search.org/registrationpage.htm
Research all branches of the military - www.militarycity.com
The Little Prince - support and hope to adoptive parents who have a child with
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) - http://www.thelittleprince.org
Family History Centers - http://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/fhc.html
Phone Searches a fee service - http://www.phonesearchcentral.com
Public Records Locator - http://www.searchsystems.net
Births, deaths and marriage records - http://vitalrec.com
Government listing of public records - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/alphabet.htm
Links for state and county records - http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm
Search information
for the United States
Search
Information for Canada
Registration information
for siblings from donor insemination
International
Search Information
Organizations that Support Openness and Honesty in
Adoption
Bastard Nation - http://www.bastards.org
Concerned United Birthparents - http://www.cubirthparents.org
Post Adoption Center for Education & Research - http://www.pacer-adoption.org
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute - http://www.adoptioninstitute.org
Center For Family Connections - http://www.kinnect.org
Child Welfare League of American - http://www.cwla.org
Child Welfare Institute - http://www.gpcwi.org
American Adoption Congress - http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org
Adoption Mentoring - http://www.adoptionmentoring.org
Ethica, a Voice for Ethical Adoption -http://www.ethicanet.org
Filipino Adoptees Network (FAN) - http://www.filipino-adoptees-network.org
Adoptee advocacy organization in France - http://www.x-en-colere.org
Canadian Council of Natural Mothers - http://nebula.on.ca/canbmothers
Vietnamese Adoptee Network - http://www.van-online.org
Origins USA - http://www.geocities.com/inquiry_usa
Bay Area Birthmothers Association - http://www.bayareabirthmothers.org
Adoption Crossroads - http://www.adoptioncrossroads.org
Website Links
Research
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov
Adoption History Project http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption
Bastardette Blogspot http://www.bastardette.blogspot.com
William Gage’s extensive directory of adoption related literature - http://members.aol.com/billgage/lit-list.htm
Birthmother Research Project - http://home.att.net/~judy.kelly/thesis.htm
Vietnam Babylift adoptees - http://www.vietnambabylift.org
Wake up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade and Beggars and
Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United
States by Rickie Solinger – Available on http://www.barnesandnoble.com
Books, Articles and Information
Shea's Search
Series - A Definitive Guide to Self-Empowered Adoptee Search
Artwork by Lina
Eve
Shedding Light on the Dark Side
of Adoption by Mirah Riben
A Birthmother's View of
Adoption: Suggestions for Reform by Heather Lowe
Birthparent Grief by Brenda Romanchik
New Directions in
Adoption and Taking the Crisis out
of Pregnancy by Laurie Frisch
A Ghost At Heart's Edge by
Susan Ito and Tina Cervin
Chasing Away the Shadows; An
Adoptee's Journey to Motherhood by Zara Phillips
Alison Larkin, adoptee and performer - http://www.alisonlarkin.com
Adoption
Wisdom by Marlou Russell, PhD
The Family of
Adoption by Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
The Primal Wound:
Understanding the Adopted Child and Coming Home to Self
by Nancy Verrier
Lifelong Issues in Adoption - The 7 Core
Issues by Deborah N. Silverstein and
Sharon Kaplan
Talking
to Your Adopted Adolescent About Adoption by Randolph W. Severson
Fumbling Toward
Divinity: The Adoption Scriptures by Craig Hickman
Adoption Stories of
Search and Connection
Adoption
Nation by Adam Pertman
Growing
in the Dark by Janine Baer
Burning of the
Marriage Hat by Margaret Benshoff-Holler
Adoption Healing: A Path to
Recovery for Adoptees by Joe Soll
A Passage to the
Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China by Amy Klatzkin
Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son by Kay Ann Johnson and Amy Klatzkin – Amazon.com
Kids Like Me in China by Ying Ying Fry, Amy Klatzkin and Brian Boyd – Amazon.com
(Many more books are listed on adoption organization websites.)
Online Support Groups
Sunflower Birthmom Support
Page
Online
Support for Birthmoms
Norcap Supporting adults who are
adopted
Whose Child? Adoption Forum Triad
Consulting
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