There are MANY adoption registries available online, before you go delving into the many lists,  make sure you have covered the adoption search basics first: try for  your Original Birth Certificate, get non-identifying information, ask family members what they know.

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There are TWO that any adoptee and birth parent searching MUST check first;

• ISRR  at http://www.isrr.net/
• Adoption.coms Registry at  http://registry.adoption.com/

After that, since the dawn of the internet, people have created  adoption search registries. There are huge lists of them to be found on many adoption websites. Many of the list have dead links to websites no longer being maintained. Other’s aren’t accepting new registrations, but you can still comb the lists. Others require a basic fee though many are free.  Many are old sites built in old formats and are hard to read and have lousy search tools.

With DNA testing, social media bringing the community together and and records slowly opening up, the actual adoption search registry is not as helpful as it once was.

I combed through a bunch of lists of NON STATE run registries and took out all the dead links. I would not advise anyone going crazy registering on all the lists, but  if they are searchable, you could try to look.  If you find a new dead one, please do let me know or if you happen to find a new adoption registry that doesn’t suck, I’ll be happy to add it.

For your own sanity, DO create a method of keeping track of where you have checked and where you have registered. I personally am huge fan of creating Excel spread sheets to quickly copy and paste urls and notes when researching anything online.  You might also consider having a word document made with your basic info on it so you can just copy and past the required information over and over again.

Remember the MOST important thing when using registries is to KEEP YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION UP TO DATE!

Massive Adoption Search Registry List

• ISRR                                    http://www.isrr.net/
• Adoption.coms Registry   http://registry.adoption.com/
• G’S Adoption Registry      http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/
• Adoptee Connect               http://www.adopteeconnect.com/
• Find My Family Adoption Registry            http://www.findmyfamily.org/
• The Seeker                         http://www.the-seeker.com/
• The Eyes Wide Open Adoption Registry Forum http://pub22.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1822483239&frmid=98&cmd=showrecent&cp=0
• Twins & Triplet’s Main Registry  http://ceeart.net/index10.html
• Reunion Registry              http://www.reunionregistry.org/#!/
• Family Workings Adoption Query Index http://www.familyworkings.com/main.htm
• Birth Mother Tree           http://www.thebirthmothertree.com/
• The Cole Baby Registry  http://colebabies.stormpages.com/index.htm
• Dawn’s Adoption Registry            http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/dawn/
• Edna Gladney Home (Maternity Home Registry)               http://adoptionsbygladney.com/services/texas-voluntary-registry
• Family Ties Adoption Search Database   http://www.oocities.org/familytiesadoptionsearch/
• Family Workings Genealogy        http://www.familyworkings.com/main.htm
• Find Me               https://www.findmegroup.org/
• Florence Crittendon Home (Maternity Home Registry)   http://www.florencecrittentonhome.com/stateinfo.html
• Heartland Adoption Connection                http://www.lchr.org/a/23/7/registry/registry.html
• Hope Cottage (Maternity Home Registry)             http://hopecottage.org/connect/
• Lost Angels Registry        http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/alia/Angels.html
• Lynch’s Adoption Reunion Registry          http://www.oocities.org/~transtech/registry.html
• Merry-Go-Round Registry           http://www.oocities.org/heartland/garden/1145/post.htm
• Metro Reunion Registry                http://www.metroreunionregistry.org/
• Peggy’s Adoption Reunion Registry         http://daydreambelievr.tripod.com/registry.html
• Reunions.com   http://www.reunion.com/
• Smithlawn (Maternity Home Registry)   http://home.windstream.net/smithlawn/registry.htm
• Torn Asunder    http://rosey2some.fortunecity.ws/
• U.K. Family Search           https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_Kingdom
• Who? Me?          http://who-me.com/
• TxCare Adoption Registry             http://www.adoptionregistry.us/
• Adopted.com    https://www.adopted.com/about.html
• Karen’s Adoption links   http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/siblings.html
• Booth Maternity Home Records                http://www.salvationarmy.usawest.org/usw20/maternity_home_records
• British Columbia’s Adoption Reunion Registry (ARR)        http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/adoption/reunion/
• Closing The Gap                http://members.tripod.com/Diana_Crystal/ClosingTheGap.html
• FindMe.org        http://www.findme.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Main
•  Hispanic Adoption Registry         http://hispanicregistry.1colony.com/
• The Lit CandleAdoption Registry And Links.  http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/searchers/thelitcandle.html
• PIECES OF DREAMS U.S. ADOPTION REUNION SEARCH AND REGISTRY    http://www.angelfire.com/folk/piecesofdreams/
• SHERRI’S SEARCHING     http://sheenatoy.tripod.com/
• UK Birth Adoption Contact Register         http://www.ukbirth-adoptionregister.com/
• When the Bough Breaks North Carolina Search Registry                 http://www.whentheboughbreaks.net/
• Birthline               http://www.researchetcinc.com/postings.html

And if that’s not enough, have a few more links that have more massive lists:

• http://www.oocities.org/tmusso.geo/reunions.html
• http://www.angelfire.com/nh/redmomma/links.html
• http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/siblings.html
• http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/adoptee.html#search

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