Adoptiove record search......?

Question

I am trying to locate my birth sibling, who was adopted away from me and my sister. I would like to be able to search birth records, adoption records, any reords at all that would help. I need a web site that offers absolutely free searches of records of this type.
This is important to me........actually, it's important to my whole family. Any web sites that offer free searches and free viewing of those results is what I need. Thanks for your help! It is appreciated!

Answer 1

Tricky. Adoption records in the US can only be opened by the person them self, or the parents...not siblings. My suggestion is to tak to your parents and see if they will open the record for you.



If your sibling was adopted at a young age, they may have a compleatly different name then her birth name.

Answer 2

Adoption records are usually very well protected and only visible by the adoptee themselves under certain strict conditions. There are no publically viewable indexes or anything - you apply to the authorities for a search. I don't know of any country that is daft enough to put this information online, let alone for free. It's called the Data Protection Act - next of kin, siblings and other long lost family members can really struggle trying to get hold of this information, but the one cast-iron certainty is that it won't be online, so don't waste your time trying. The same goes for recent birth records - anything within the last 50 years or so (or more) is often also very well protected from the man in the street. This is to weed out the lunatics and wierdos who want this information for illegal purposes. It is fairly usual for material only to be available online once it is at least 100years old and it cannot do anyone any harm. Otherwise, identity thieves would have a field day. Usually, if you can't give an exact birthdate for a certificate from the last fifty years or so, then you won't get it. That's pretty standard, no matter where in the world you are. (I'm in the UK)

Answer 3

EDIT: LOL, American. In that case you won't be able to use some of the websites, but try www.genesreunited.com (not .co.uk), and try Googling the rest. I'm sure the principles are the same in the States as they are here in the UK.



I know you said you wanted free searches, but you will probably find you have to pay for some things. You have to be prepared to put some money into searching for your sibling. If it will lead you to him/her, then surely it's worth it?



www.genesreunited.co.uk shows all births registered in the UK up until 2005, but you have to be prepared to pay to search through the records. The costs aren't too bad. You can buy "credits" for £5, and they expire after 5 days. Each record you view costs either 1 or 5 credits (I don't remember). But if you know roughly when they were born, and obviously their name, then you won't spend too much in the searches.



They organise the results alphabetically, then by year, then by quarter (eg Jan-Mar). I assume the child would have had your surname, and it should also state the mother's maiden name, and area of birth (Eg NW Surrey).



Other sites, like www.freebmd.org.uk show birth records too, but not as recent as you need I don't think.



Once you have found the record you need, make a note of the page references (eg 8e 406) and you can go online to order the certificate, at www.gro.gov.uk. Each certificate costs £7.00, and normally takes around 4 days to be posted.



I'm not sure about adoption records, as I've never had to research this, but after asking Google, I have found the following site: http://www.govtregistry.com/uk.php?sk=Adoption&tc=ml25l101



Once you find out the family they were adopted into, you can search through the electoral rolls to see where they were living over the years. This too does cost, but you might be lucky enough to find someone who already has a membership to search. Also you could try phone books.



If they're of marrying age, you can search for the marriage records (again a good place for this is Genes Reunited). If your sibling is female, you would then find out her married surname, and then trace her in this way.



Good luck, I hope you find them.

Answer 4

http://www.cyndislist.com/adoption.htm

Here's a place you can start, to investigate just what is available out there for adoption searches.

For a moment.. set aside the adoption idea, and understand that records re living persons are normally confidential. Birth records are especially in this category.. since they can be misused (death certs can also be used for id theft).

It is completely inaccurate that the Mormon church has all this info.. they don't have records of "everyone" in the world, and do not keep records of living persons.

To shift this around.. Texas (for example) now has an official based registry. That is, if sister is looking for you, she can (by choice) place her information there. Many adoptive persons want to find their roots, and there is a lot of movement to open that topic up to them. At the same time, birth families often want to protect their privacy. It is a juggling act.

I will not say that you cannot succeed, but just want to explain that as you phrased it.. such things are not out there.

Answer 5

The mormon church holds geneological records on everything. Try them



Legislation in a lot of places over the years has changed. I found my neice by listing my name on a register saying I wanted to find her. She was contacted by Govt. Social workers and they mediated contact.



It is worth checking the state / country of birth to find out what the current legislation allows. It might be easier than you think.