Using Social Media To Conduct Your Adoption Search

Adoption Search

Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google can be very helpful when conducting an adoption search.  Not only can you search these sites for listings your birth family members might have posted, you can also post your adoption search details on many of these sites.   

Here is a New York Daily News video and article on how Jonathan Frank conducted an adoption search and found his birth brother and birth sister with the help of Facebook.

Here is a CNN News Story on how a Pennsylvania woman used Google to resolve her adoption search and find her birth family. 

When OmniTrace begins a new adoption search, we utilize state-of-the-art databases, a worldwide network of researchers and private investigation methods to find birth family.  We also take advantage of the many free social media websites so we have every chance to successfully complete your adoption search.

If you are conducting an adoption search on your own, please be sure to visit the Read More

New Jersey Adoption Search

New Jersey Adoption Search

Are you conducting a New Jersey adoption search?  

A while back, we wrote that a bill to open adoption records in New Jersey had been passed by the New Jersey Senate and was being considered for approval by the New Jersey Assembly.  If passed, an adoptee would have access to his/her original birth certificate as long as a no contact veto was not signed by the birth parents. 

Here is that complete post:  Good News About Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey 

OmniTrace recently contacted the New Jersey Office Of Legislative Services for an update.  Bill S611 has not yet been approved.  They informed us that Read More

Searching For Birth Mother; Searching For Adoptee – Call The Library!

Searching For Birth Mother | Searching For Adoptee

The Public Library is a great resource if you are searching for your birth mother or searching for an adoptee. 

Not convinced?  Here’s just one example of how a library can help you when searching for your birth mother: 

If you were adopted in New York City and have your amended (adopted) birth certificate, you can obtain your original birth name by visiting the New York Public Library Genealogy Department.  This department has original birth listings (in birth books and on microfiche) dating back Read More

How To Find Your Adopted Child

How To Find Adopted Child

Here is additional information on how to find your adopted child.  This post complements our previous article:  Find Adoptee | Search By Date Of Birth Of Child, which we strongly suggest you read first. 

Your adopted child’s date of birth, along with just a bit more information about the adoption and the adopting parents may be all you need to find your adopted child.

Our OmniTrace researchers have a lot of  Read More

Find Adoptee | Search By Date Of Birth Of Child

Adoptee Search

You may be surprised that you can find an adoptee by having just the date of birth of your birth child.  It’s true: having just a date of birth can lead to a successful adoptee search! 

If you can recall your child’s date of birth, online databases are available to compile a list of persons, along with their addresses and phone numbers, born on that date of birth who currently or previously have been associated with the state where the adoptee was born.  This list might be quite large, depending on the state, but will give you a reasonable Read More

Michelle’s Request To Find Her Birth Children

Search For Birth Children

We recently received a search request from one of our readers:  Michelle.  She asked us to help search for her two birth children.  Her birth children were taken away by the State at a time when she was separated from her ex-husband.  She provided us with the names of her birth children, their dates of birth, and last known city and state they resided.  She does not know if her birth children were adopted out.   

Because of privacy concerns, we will only provide her birth children’s years of birth and their first names:  Jimmy and Charlotte born 1990 and 1992 respectively. Read More

Birth Sister and Adoptee Reunion…

Birth Sister and Adoptee Reunion

We enjoy tooting our own horn here from time to time.  Here’s a letter from one of our clients…  

“Hello Chris and OmniTrace,  My birth sister Dorine & I had a wonderful “1st meeting”, we exchanged photos, talked non-stop, & shared memories from our lives growing up.

We are so thankful to you, OmniTrace & the man I got the details from at the Historical Society!!!  You have made me the happiest woman on earth, the lottery isn’t this good!!!! Read More

Find an Adoptee or Birth Parents with Shea’s Search Series

Hi.  One of the more popular essays ever written on how to find an adoptee or birth parents is Shea’s Search Series.  It has been out there on the Internet for quite awhile but still hasn’t lost relevancy.  If you’re serious about finding your birth parents or an adoptee, we strongly suggest you take the time to explore the links and pages.  It will  help you understand and supplement the lessons you learn on our site.  It’s birth parent and adoptee search 101 at its best!   VISIT Shea’s Search Series NOW!

How The Pros Find An Adoptee And Find Birth Parents

Many adoptees and birth parents who search are curious about the search methods used by professional researchers and search companies to find an adoptee or find birth parents. 

Every search to find an adoptee or find birth parents is unique, and the tools and techniques used by professionals vary from case to case.  In addition, various search companies and researchers have their own proprietary methods, resources and favorite procedures.  Read More

When Searching for Birth Family, Don’t Let Anxiety Get The Best Of You

In November 2005, we were hired by Debbie W. to find her daughter who she gave up for adoption in 1967. Debbie supplied the child’s date of birth, the name given to the child by her at birth, the city and state of birth, the agency, the social worker’s last name and the name of the hospital. We did not have the child’s amended name or the name of the adopting parents.

When we begin working on a new file, we supply our clients a few forms to complete and send back to us. Our having these completed forms allows us to act more effectively on our client’s behalf. (We’ll provide information about these forms and where you can obtain them in future posts.)

In March 2006, we sent Debbie an e-mail to remind her to complete and return the forms, which we had yet to receive from her. Here was her response: Read More