City Directories – A Good Source To Find Birth Parents

Find Birth Parents

City Directories can be and extremely effective resource when trying to find birth parents. 

City Directories have been published for well over a 100 years in most major cities throughout the United States.  City directories have also been published in smaller towns throughout the country.  Although a city directory looks similar to a telephone directory, it contains much more genealogical information to help find birth parents:

• Addresses and names of persons / birth parents within a household
• Employment information on persons / birth parents within a household
• Property ownership information
• Marital status

City Directories also have a Read More

States With Open Adoption Records

States With Open Adoption Records

There are several states that currently have open adoption records.  In these states, an adult adoptee can obtain an original birth certificate and in some instances additional adoption record information.

If you are an adoptee looking for your birth parents in an open adoption records state, please do request your open adoption records.  However, please be aware that obtaining your original birth records does not mean that your search will be a piece of cake.  Having information on your birth mother, such as her maiden name and perhaps an old address is a nice start, but you will still have to obtain her current name and current address information.  Your birth mother may have changed her name several times, or she may not reside in the state where you were born.

If you need assistance with your search, please CONTACT US!

Here is a list of states where adoption records for all or some years can be opened.  In some states, birth parents can sign a no-contact veto: Read More

Birth Family Reunion | OmniTrace Testimonials

Birth Family Reunion

The following are a few birth family reunion testimonials that OmniTrace recently received from some happy clients…

Subject:  Family Reunion Between Birth Mother and Son

Chris,  (Chris Maione is the head researcher and manager of our OmniTrace research department.)

I wanted to tell you the good news. Hildegard is Mike’s birth mother! They were both so happy to find each other and reunite. She has been looking for Read More

Good News About Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey…

Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey May Soon Be Easier

We learned recently that the New Jersey Senate approved giving adoptees access to their original birth certificates.  Currently, an adoptee can only possess the amended birth certificate which displays their adoptive parent’s names.  An original birth certificate will display the names of the birth parents, along with other identifying information. 

There’s a caveat, of course:  Birth parents will be able to contact the state to have their names deleted.  If they elect to do this, they would fill out a birth family history form containing medical and social history.  The birth parent would also have Read More

Getting Help From Your Adoptive Parents and Family-Part 2

Getting Help From Adoptive Parents

In our previous post: Getting Help From Your Adoptive Parents and Family, we mentioned that if your adoptive family members are willing to help you with your search for your birth mother, by all means approach them and obtain as much detail as possible!  Write a list of everything you want to cover.  At the very minimum you’ll want to ask…

1. Why did my birth mother give me up?
2. What were the ages of my birth parents?  Dates of birth? Read More

Birth Mother Search – Obtaining Necessary Identifying Information

A birth mother search can be quite difficult for an adoptee to successfully resolve.  That’s because most adoptees have very little identifying information on their birth mother when they begin to search. They also lack state-of-the-art search tools that are currently available to professional adoption researchers and investigative agencies such as OmniTrace.  These tools allow access to and the capability to sort through virtually millions of public records.  With the above mentioned search tools, you may be surprised to read that, in most instances, very little identifying information is needed to find your birth mother!  Provided here are a   Read More

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

Find People Anywhere In The USA – Free

Thanks for visiting our blog – a FREE service provided by OmniTrace Corp. and other professional researchers, genealogists and private investigators throughout the USA.  If you need to find people who are missing, you’ve come to the right place…  Read More

Thanks For Visiting Us

By Dana
OmniTrace Corp.

Hi and thanks for visiting our blog.  OmniTrace is a licensed private investigation agency. We specialize in locating all kinds of missing people, including:

• adoptees
• birth parents
• lost loves
• old friends
• military buddies
• missing witnesses
• missing heirs
• deadbeat dads

We’ll be sharing our views and giving you an insider’s look about all things pertaining to professional people searching, covering topics such as:

• The best Internet and genealogy search resources
• How to search public records
• Private online database resources
• Powerful telephone techniques

A large part of what we do is reuniting birth parents with adoptees.  We will share professional secrets–providing methods on how to conduct your own research, as well as how to best utilize professional and volunteer services.

We’ll also post letters, e-mails and comments that we receive from our clients and others working in the people search / adoption search industry. 

We anticipate and look forward to hearing from you.