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Category: Adoption Records

New York Adoptee Birth Records Opened

Starting in January 2020, all New York adoptees over the age of eighteen will be able to get their original and unredacted birth certificates. New York will become the 10th state to restore the right to adoptees to obtain their birth record, which will name their birth mother. Descendants of…

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Tamara Thompson June 21, 2019 June 21, 2019Adoption Records, New York birth certificate, New York

Pennsylvania Adoptee Search for Birth Parents

A Pennsylvania adoptee search for birth parents usually requires more research beyond obtaining the original birth certificate, a version of which is available to adoptees. The Non Certified Copy of Original  Birth Certificate lists the child’s name, the birth mother’s full name, the birth mother’s age and the birth father,…

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Tamara Thompson January 30, 2019 January 30, 2019Adoption Records Pennsylvania

Ancestry DNA Matches – First Contact

DNA Matches

You’ve tested your DNA through Ancestry.com and now you want to send a message to your Ancestry DNA matches through the application’s messaging program. There is one method that many researchers have found is more likely to reach the recipient. Before you reach out, formulate your questions and conduct enough…

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Tamara Thompson June 18, 2018 June 18, 2018Adoption Records Adoption, Ancestry

Adoption Search In California

SFGenealogy.com asked me to pen a short guide, How To Do Your Own Adoption Search In California, which highlights some of the recommendations I offer on AdoptionSearcher.com. I didn’t mention petitioning the court to open closed adoption files because this is generally not successful. However, courts in closed states have released…

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Tamara Thompson April 19, 2017 April 19, 2017Adoption Records, Directories 0

Find Your Adoption Record

An adoptee can begin her search for an adoption record even if she doesn’t know her birth parent’s name. A few states will open adoption records and give you the original birth certificate. Almost all allow release of some information from the closed record. This is called the non identifying…

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Tamara Thompson February 11, 2017 February 13, 2017Adoption Records 0
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