New Jersey Open Adoption Records

After thirty years of adoptees attempting to gain access, New Jersey open adoption records may finally become a reality.

The Assembly Human Service Committee unanimously approved a bill that has now been moved to the full Assembly for a vote.

This open records bill–The Adoptees’ Birthright Bill–will give adult adoptees, adoptive parents of a minor or relatives of a deceased adoptee access to original birth certificates.  These records contain the names of the birth mother and Read More

Adoption Searching for Birth Mother or Adoptee

Adoption searching for a birth mother or adopted child is tough work.  Each search is unique and the methods and resources OmniTrace uses vary depending on a number of circumstances:

• When was the adoptee born?
• Where was the adoptee born?
• When and where did the adoption take place?
• Was the adoption done through an adoption agency?
• Was the adoptee born in a hospital?
• Which hospital?
• Any name info on the birth mother (adoption searching for birth mother)?
• Any name info on the adopting parents (adoption searching for adoptee)?

Of course, for most adoption searching cases, we usually begin with Read More

Biological Family Search – What OmniTrace Provides…

Biological Family Search

When you request OmniTrace to conduct your biological family search, here’s what we will make every attempt to provide you:

• The name of your biological mother
• The name of your biological father
• The names of your biological siblings and any additional family relatives (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles)
• Non-identifying information and identifying information covering the background history of your adoption  (In other words, what the heck happened when you were born.)
• Any available medical records on your biological mother (when records have not been destroyed)
• Background and genealogical history on your biological family members
• The current addresses and phone numbers of all biological family members that we identify.

Complete the simple form on THIS PAGE and start your biological family search now!

Man Reunites With Birth Mother At 54

After Ray Martinez’s adoptive parents passed away, he searched for and found his birth mother to tell her, “Thank you for giving me life.”  She initially hung up the phone on him, but then called back.

Colorado native, Ray Martinez, writes about living in an orphanage, being adopted and much later in life, finding his birth mother.  The complete story appears in “Mom:  A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps” (The Penguin Press, $21.95).  Ray is a former mayor of Fort Collins.  He now heads business development and public relations for Information Technology eXperts Inc.

“I was raised in the Colorado State Children’s Home in Denver. They kept kids from infancy to age eighteen or nineteen years old. I was there from infancy to age five. I remember that the orphanage had this practice where they would allow potential parents to check you out like a library book: they could borrow you for a couple of weeks, take you home, and see if you were a fit for their family.

A couple of times I remember riding in the car, leaving the orphanage with potential parents, and them just trying to make me happy and make me laugh, and me sitting in the front in these little booster seats cars had back then in the fifties. But I never remember…”

You can read the complete article in the Denver Post.  Please share your thoughts with us.

Nice Review Of OmniTrace From One Of Our Corporate Clients

OmniTrace Review

To whom it may concern,

I am a small business owner in the asset recovery sector.  Our company helps find people that are legitimately owed money primarily from government agencies and we recovery the funds on their behalf.  One of the challenges in our line of work is locating the whereabouts of the claimant.  It was with great satisfaction, that we were able to find OmniTrace.  Having compared their services with other companies in the people search business, we were able to immediately recognize that their value and services in many ways exceeded that of their competition.  I have gone on to get to know the owner Dave Betz and have found him to be equally accomplished in what he does.  He has put together the premier skip tracing and people finding company in the industry.  In our short time together, we were able to locate quite a few claimants that we more than likely would not have been able to find on our own without the resources and professionalism of OmniTrace.

It is my privilege to recommend OmniTrace and Dave Betz to help locate whoever it is that may need to be found whether an individual or a company.

Please feel free to contact me should you want further details on our experience with OmniTrace.  I can be reached directly at (888) 541-5783.

John Fox

Managing Director

Asset Recovery Inc.

(Thanks for the great review of OmnTrace John.  Best regards, Dave Betz)

OmniTrace Helps Find Sperm Donor On The Internet

Just a few snippets of information on someone might allow OmniTrace to conduct a successful locate. Here’s a most unusual case we were part of:

Anonymous Sperm Donor Traced On Internet

“LATE last year, a 15-year-old boy rubbed a swab along the inside of his cheek, popped it into a vial and sent it off to an online genealogy DNA-testing service. But unlike most people who contact the service, he was not interested in sketching the far reaches of his family tree. His mother had conceived using donor sperm and he wanted to track down his genetic father.

That the boy succeeded using only the DNA test, genealogical records and some internet searches has huge implications for the hundreds of thousands of people who were conceived using donor sperm. With the explosion of information about genetic inheritance, any man who has donated sperm could potentially be found by his biological offspring. Absent and unknown fathers will also become easier to trace.

The teenager tracked down his father from his…”

You can read the rest of this article by clicking HERE.

Dave Betz On The Paul & Young Ron Show

Our CEO, Dave Betz, is scheduled for the Paul and Young Ron Show, Friday morning, 9:20 AM, Eastern Time–105.9 FM.  Over the past several weeks, Dave has been a regular on the show, conducting genealogy research on the hosts and members of their staff.

This Friday, Dave is going to visit the station and do DNA testing on Paul, Young Ron, OMG and TOAST to determine their ancestral roots.

So, if you happen to live in South Florida, you might want to tune in.  You can keep updated on other times and dates when Dave will be on the air by visiting our FaceBook Page.

(Dave can actually be entertaining at times.  :) )

OmniTrace On FaceBook and Twitter

OmniTrace On FaceBook and Twitter

Hi all.  We just want you to know that you can learn more about our OmniTrace staff and services by visiting our Twitter and Facebook pages:

• OmniTrace On FaceBook
• OmniTrace On Twitter – Dana Betz
• OmniTrace On Twitter – Dave Betz

And if you happen to be visiting Florida (or are a Florida resident), please come and meet with us at our offices.  Take a tour of our facility and talk with our OmniTrace Search Consultants and Private Investigators.  Call us at 1-888-965-6696 or email us for directions.   

OmniTrace Launches Relief Effort For Haiti

Haiti’s capital awoke to increasing desperation Thursday morning, a day and a half after a devastating earthquake, with covered bodies piling up along streets and modern aspects of life, such as electricity, mostly missing.

The streets of Port-au-Prince resembled grainy black-and-white newsreels from World War II that showed the rubble of bombed-out houses in Berlin and London. The devastation was wide and often horrific.

OmniTrace will be donating a portion of our fee for each new search to the victims, as well as launching a food drive.  We’re still formulating our charitable program and will provide additional details shortly.

In the meantime, please say a prayer for the victims and their families who have been affected by this terrible event.

OmniTrace Staff

Colorado Court Pulls Curtain Back On Adoption Records

When Patricia Dukeman started trying to find her biological parents, Ronald Reagan lived in the White House, Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” was record of the year, and the Supreme Court decided it was OK for us to use those new VCR things to tape TV shows.

In the 25 years since, Dukeman, 48, has spent a lot of money and learned a Read More