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Shea's Search Series: The Definitive Guide to Self-Empowered Adoptee Search 
http://www.plumsite.com/shea/series.html

Guides provide advice from making the decision to search, and choices in searching, through petitioning the court.

Adoption Pennsylvania 
http://millennium.fortunecity.com/ellerburn/894/index.html

Information and resources for searching in Pennsylvania.

Heartland Adoption Connection 
http://www.geocities.com/geoadopt/

Features a registry, search tips, and reunion stories.

Brick Wall Survivors 
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Atrium/6382/

Support for adoptees having trouble in their search process.

Baby Theft Investigation 
http://www.babytheft.org/

Focuses on the case and investigation of the theft of newborn twins from a Wyoming hospital in the late 1960s.

White Oak Foundation 
http://www.whiteoakfoundation.org/

A not-for-profit organization offering free post-adoption services to all triad members with an Illinois connection. Site includes information about searching, legislation, services and programs.

Search Triad, Inc. 
http://home.att.net/~kehgchu/home.html

An all volunteer, non-profit, search and support group, helping to reunite people separated by adoption, foster care or divorce.

Tina's Adoption Search and Reform Pages 
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9606/

Adoption search information, including online databases, legislative addresses, vital statistics, and court addresses.

Orphan Voyage Memorials 
http://www.geocities.com/orphanvoyage1953/index.html

Dedicated to adoptees and birthparents who died before being reunited. Includes stories and memorials.

Triad Online 
http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/pamela.anstey/triadonline/

Information for individuals who wish to begin a post-adoption search involving Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Includes general information for all adoptees.

Torn Asunder 
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/springhill/801/tornasunder/adoptionindex/index.html

Registry and investigative resources to aid family members seeking reunion after adoption.

Adoption Crossroads 
http://www.adoptioncrossroads.org

Network of adoption search, support and reunion organizations. Includes message board and chat room.

Organization for Adoptees - Search and Individual Support 
http://members.tripod.com/BastardGoddess/OASIS.html

New Jersey-based search and support group for adoptees only.

Adoption Search Links 
http://members.tripod.com/~jlightkeeper/adoption.html

Collection of links related to searching for birth family.

Young Once, Indian Forever 
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/indianforever/

Information about and for Native Americans who were adopted or fostered and who are searching for their birth family members.

West Texas Children's Aid and Welfare Association 
http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/adoptee/

Information about the W.A. Nicholas Home which operated in Abilene, Texas from 1921 to 1945, and placed children in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

Birth-Family-Online 
http://www.birth-family-online.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Offers free knowledge and guidance to people searching in the UK. Includes stories, links and photos.

Adoption Puzzle 
http://www.genealogytoday.com/adoption/puzzle

Information about searching, adoptee rights, and adoption reform.

PA Adoption Search and Education 
http://rombergers.tripod.com/main.html

Contains general information about searching in Pennsylvania. Includes a review of legislative and political issues, copy of relinquishment documents, and list of area support and search groups.

Adoption Africa 
http://www.watts01.btinternet.co.uk/adopt/

Registry, search tips, personal stories, and legal information especially for Southern Africans (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) adoptees and birth parents.

Adoptionopoly 
http://users.rcn.com/jonmarin/adoptionopoly.htm

A satire, modeled loosely on the board game Monopoly, that highlights the frustrations experienced by adult adoptees who are trying to search for their origins.

Colorado Adoption Search and Reunion Resources 
http://www.genealogybranches.com/adoption.html

Tips, links and book recommendations for adoptees and birth parents.

Adoption Search and Reunion 
http://www.adopteesearch.info/

Dedicated to Colorado adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families, but providing general search information and tips for anyone.

Everlasting Search 
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/thesearcher/

Tips and information from an adoptee who has gone through the process.

Protestant Home for Babies 
http://www.protestanthomeforbabies.com/

Information about a maternity and adoption home located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Includes search help and tips.

Reunite 
http://www.reunite.com/

Resource for information on all aspects of search and reunion, including where to start, a free registry, and search guide.

Adoption Forum, Inc. 
http://www.adoptionforum.org/

Offers search and support guidance for birth parents and adoptees. Holds local meetings and workshops. Meeting details and resources are presented.

North Carolina Coalition for Adoption Reform 
http://www.adoptionreform-nc.org/

NCCAR works to educate the public regarding adoption and adoption laws, and networks with adoption agencies and all people engaged in the interests of adoption, to reform North Carolina laws.

Washington Adoption Reunion Movement 
http://www.warmsearch.org/

A non-profit organization that provides information, referral, support and search services to adoptees, birth families and adoptive parents. Includes membership information and list of support groups.

Connected Indian Roots 
http://freenet-homepage.de/connectedindianroots/

Networking community that helps adoptees search and learn what it means to be of East Indian origin but brought up in a different culture. Includes articles and links.

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