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There are several things to do to begin your search for a birth relative:
- Sign up with an online database registry such as the Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc. (CARI)
- Register with the provincial adoption registry in the province where the adoption was finalized. The laws vary greatly from province to province. See Canadian Links.
- Request your non-identifying background or social history information from the agency or private agent (such as doctor or lawyer) that handled the adoption.
- Become a member of a support group such as Parent Finders Ottawa for search and reunion advice and support.
- Join a group located in or near the area you are searching in as it will be in a better position to offer local search advice. See Canadian Links.
- Join an online support website available for Birth Mothers and Adoptees at : Canadian Council of Natural Mothers
- To start your search, go to the CARI website through this link: Start search
- Ontario Cemetary Finding Aid
- Adoption Roots and Rights (London, Ontario)
- Obituary Daily Times
- Adoption Support Kinship - a Support Group in Toronto
- Online support webiste is available for Birth Mothers and Adoptees at : Canadian Council of Natural Mothers
- The government will maintain a passive registry but no longer does searches; forms are available at Service Ontario or call 1-800-267-8097 or 416-325-8305.
- AAC - American Adoption Congress: Membership information, legislation updates and links.
- The International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR)
- Dawn's birthmother / adoption resources with a long list of links to other sites.
- An Adoptee's Right to Know: This is a six-part Search Series on the Website that provides a good foundation and starting point for searchers.
- Bastard Nation - complete search and activism list on the Internet.
- Reunion - Adoption.com: Primarily an adoption site, but has useful reunion registry
For all those searching in the province of Ontario, try the following links:
For all First Nations' adoptees go to Native adoptees
Canadian Links:
For all those searching in Canada, go to Parent Finders National Website
Provincial links:
Quebec - Mouvement Retrouvailles
Manitoba
New Brunswick site - under construction ; contact Marie Crouse at marie.crouse@dayandrossinc.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador
Adoption Council of Canada
Foster Care Council of Canada for fostered adults (never adopted)
For all those searching in the U.S.A.:
Last updated April 21, 2010
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