I was adopted in 1961 the adoption agency is closed and i do not know her name where do i start?

Question

I was adopted in 1961 the adoption agency is closed and i do not know her name where do i start?

Answer 1

The first thing I would do is go to the hospital where you were born they usually keep birth records of adoptions there and you can also trace your social security number to where it was filed from what hospital and such and start from there if you need any more help go to adoption.com and they can give you more help there..

Answer 2

The laws and information availability are different for every state.  Please add onto your question, giving the state in which you were adopted, so that you can get better answers.  

You can also get some information by going here

http://adopteerights.net/nulliusfilius/?...

and clicking on the state in which you were adopted for more information.

Make sure to sign up with the International Soundex Reunion Registry at

http://isrr.net.  It is the largest largest reunion registry around.

If you were adopted in Alabama, Oregon, New Hampshire, Maine (starting Jan. 2009,) Alaska or Kansas, you can write to your state's vital statistics department and receive a copy of your original birth certificate (the one with your first mother's name on it.)  Some other states will give adopted adults their original birth certificates depending on other factors, such as what year you were adopted.  Check the link I listed above for information about original birth certificate access in the state where you were adopted.

Answer 3

There are lots of adoption support groups online that can help you. Never Give Up!

http://reunion.adoption.com

Great Articles

http://www.adoption-help.org

Support Groups:

http://groups.msn.com/TheForgottenPeople

Yahoo! Groups

http://groups.yahoo.com

SearchingRegistry

familytiesadoptionsearch

adoptee-support

soaringangels

usaadoptiondatabase

touchedbyadoption

Google Groups

alt.birthright

alt.support.adoption

alt.support.adoption

Top Rated Books:

Adoption Healing ...a path to recovery

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The Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion, and Beyond

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self

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Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive...

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Whose Child? : An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion ... and Beyond

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Adoption: Uncharted Waters: A Psychologist's Case Studies. . . Clinical and Forensic Issues, With Practical Advice for Adoptees, Parents and Therapists by David Kirschner

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Adoption Healing... A Path to Recovery for Mothers Who Lost Children to Adoption by Joseph M. Soll and Karen Wilson Buterbaugh

Adoption Forum: Intimate Discussions to Unite the Triad in Healing by Kasey Hamner

www.ussearch.com (the first part is free)..and this can tell you where they might live..(city and state)

www.pipl.com

www.zabasearch.com

white pages to find listed people

www.theultimates.com