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The following is from the October 17, 2013 edition of ReadingEagle.com. A bill that would allow Pennsylvania-born adoptees who are 19 and older to access their original birth certificates without birth parents’ consent is making progress through the state Legislature. Continue reading Pennsylvania Adoptee Bill Passes the House
The following snippet is from an AP article posted in the Sept. 25, 2013 edition of The Republic. OLYMPIA, Washington — Birth parents who placed their child for adoption on or before Oct. 1, 1993, must notify the state Health Continue reading Washington State Birth Parents Who Placed Children for Adoption Before Oct. 1, 1993 Must Notify Health Dept. to Retain Anonymity
I’m fully aware of the issues on both sides of the adoption-reunion debate. On a personal level, I believe that all adoptees should have access to their birth records. The Ohio House recently passed a bill to give adoptees access Continue reading Ohio Needs to Give ALL Their Adoptees Equal Rights
The following teaser is from an excellent adoption reunion article found at the WTVM.com website: PHENIX CITY, AL (WTVM) – A Phenix City woman had the opportunity of a lifetime when she recently met her biological father, who believed she Continue reading Woman Finds Father, Who Thought She Was Dead
The following excerpt is from an article published in the July 29, 2013 edition of ReadingEagle.com: When Pennsylvania children are adopted, the state seals their original birth certificates and issues revised certificates that name the adoptive parents instead of the Continue reading Bill Introduced to Grant Adoptees Access to their Pennsylvania Birth Records
The following teaser is from an excellent story posted at the wbaltv.com website of a woman and her son’s search for her adopted brother. As with many searches, this one doesn’t exactly have a happy ending… But the search was Continue reading All Adoption Search Stories Don’t Have Happy Endings
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the July 18, 2013 edition of The Eatonton Messenger (Putnam County, GA). Sylbie Yon, longtime Putnam County resident and former county commissioner, received a telephone message in late May unlike any Continue reading Siblings Reunited
The following teaser is from an excellent article in the July 6, 2013 edition of lobservateur.com: LAPLACE [LOUISIANA] – Brenda Frisard, a retired postmaster from LaPlace, is what one might call a “search angel.” Thousands of Louisiana adoptees search for Continue reading Louisiana Adoption Search Angel Helps Adoptees
It’s been a few days since the New Jersey Senate passed this biil, but I missed it – so I’m posting this blog now. Better late than never… The following excerpt is from the June 21, 2013 edition of njtoday.net: Continue reading New Jersey Senate Passes Adoptee’s Rights Bill
I write approximately six book reviews a week for this site. The main goal of each review is provide sufficient information about a book to allow the reader to determine the book’s potential value to their own library. In other Continue reading Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA
The following teaser is from an article in the June 13, 2013 edition of politickernj.com. TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Chairman Joseph F. Vitale which would give adoptees in New Jersey access Continue reading New Jersy Bill Gives Adoptees Access to Their Medical History & Birth Records
Genealogists search for people all the time. Over time, the researches skills improve and knowledge of resources increases. Some become to experienced from their personal research, they take those skills, become certified professionals and help others find their ancestors. However, Continue reading Missing Pieces: How to Find Birth Parents and Adopted Children
The following teaser is from an excellent article posted in the May 10, 2013 edition of Shine.yahoo.com: After 30 years of combing through databases and Internet search results, a mother and the son she gave up for adoption have been Continue reading Mother and Son Reunited After 30 Years
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 15, 2013 edition of dailymail.co.uk: Two long-lost brothers have been reunited for the first time in an incredible 80 years after they were fostered to different families as babies. Continue reading Brothers Reunited After 80 Years
The following teaser is from the March 4, 2013 edition of the Norman Transcript: NORMAN [Oklahoma] — At age 36, Norman resident Kevin Lewis knows he will take action to be screened for a genetically inheritable form of cancer. His Continue reading The Oklahoma Truth in Adoption Act