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1-2-adopt [Safe for kids]. This list is primarily for people who have been adopted. Maybe you're looking for a parent/sibling/child. Have you found your family, and would like to talk about the feelings involved? We will also discuss legislation regarding adoption records, adoptees' right-to-know, and foster care-2-adoption. This list is open to anyone interested in this area. For more information contact Tim McKinney.

101-SEARCH-ONLY. STRICTLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SEARCHING: adoptees, birthparents, siblings, etc. All adoption related searches.

ABPBF [For people over 17]. Adoptees, birth parents, birth family all are welcome. No matter what your level of experience, newbie to veteran, all are welcome. With all the links, lists, databases, pay services, free services, registries and more it is hard to know where to start. This forum is offered as a place to help one another through information and support. Anyone starting a search, continuing a search, or concluding one and would like to help others, is also welcome. Adoptee's ISO   |   Birth Families ISO | For more information, <http://b-elite.com/locator.htm>

ADOPT-FR. A mailing list, operating in French, dealing with all subjects related to adoption. It is intended for French reading adoptive or biological parents as well as adopted persons. Topics accepted include the international or domestic adoption process, general adoption issues, adoption stories, questions and requests, etc. While an unusual topic for the list, genealogy queries are acceptable. Mailing address for postings is adopt-fr@listes.ulaval.ca. To subscribe send the following as the only text in the body of a message to listserv@listes.ulaval.ca: SUBSCRIBE ADOPT-FR firstname lastname

Adopt-gene. A mailing list for the discussion of problems related to adoption. Mailing address for postings is adopt-gene@egroups.com. To subscribe send the following as the only text in the body of a message to adopt-gene-subscribe@egroups.com: subscribe

ADOPTEES-UKIE. A forum for discussion among adult adoptees either living in or searching in the UK or Eire of any topic related to adoption. It is not intended to be a general discussion forum for adoption among non-adoptees. To subscribe send the following as the only text in the body of a message addressed to LISTSERVER@LISTSERVER.PIPEMEDIA.NET: subscribe adoptees-ukie your-name.

Adopted [For people over 13]. This list is primarily geared towards people who have been adopted. Perhaps you're looking for a parent/sibling/other but don't know how to do it. Maybe you FOUND your family, and would like to talk about the feelings involved. This list is open to everyone, but be warned that there may be some REALLY strong opinions about adoption and being an adoptee. For more information, mailto:threnody@canada.com

adoptee [For people over 21]. Adoptees looking for birth mothers.

adoptees [For people over 17] [restricted]. An adult adoptee mailing list covering the issues surrounding a search for biological family. Searching, support (both pro/con), and some what-ifs of doing a search in today's world. Educational, informative, and sometimes emotionally charged. For more information, mailto:admin-adoptees@adoptees.org

Adoptees Internet Mailing List (AIML) This list is a forum where adoptees can gather for advice in conducting a search for birth family and discussions of their varied reunion outcomes. Discussion of social, media and legal issues related to adoption are encouraged, as well.  Membership to AIML is restricted to legal adoptees and "adoptee-lites" only (adoptee-lites are people who were raised without one or both birth parents, but who were never legally adopted).  A private list, members are permitted to send no more than 2 public messages a day which must be related to adoption issues only.  Subscribe at the website, or send the following to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu: subscribe adoptees firstname lastname.

ADOPTING. A mailing list open to all members of the triad and their friends/support. This list offers search help, support, tips on research related to adoption, and includes helpers to give subscribers a hand and do some of the "legwork" for subscribers when they can not. Mailing address for postings is adopting@userhome.com. To subscribe, send the following to majordomo@userhome.com with only the following text in the body of the email: subscribe adopting

Adopting Mailing List. A list for all triad members

Adoption. Open to all triad members. To join put SUBSCRIBE ADOPTION <YourFirstName><YourLastName> in the body of the email message.

Adoption Database. This egroup was created for adoptee and birthfamilies in the process of searching to exchange ideas, sharing of links, much needed support & assistance, and includes registration in a free central adoption, comments and photo database. Adoptee must be over 18 in order to be placed in the database. Upon application of membership, a registration form will be sent to you to be completed and returned to the Moderator. Upon receipt of your registration form, approval will be given to access the databases, along with receiving and sending individual/daily messages to the group, or read messages at the site. This is a moderated group.

ADOPTION-REFORM. An open discussion list for those interested in all aspects of adoption reform and other legislative issues accepting members from all sides of the adoption triad. To join, send email to listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu with the following as the only text in your message: subscribe adoption-reform FirstName LastName 

AdoptionReunited [For people over 17]. This mailing list is for all people involved in the adoption reunion process. I have found that many family members as well as the adoptee are affected by the reunion. Here at Adoption Reunited those who want to express their reunion experiences with someone other than the reunited adoptee/birth parent, or who want to express their views and experiences as the support system for the reunited are free to do so. This is not an adoption search mailing list. This is only for those who have reunited with at least one biological family member. File attachments are not permitted.

adoptionsearch [For people over 17]. This is a list for members of the adoption triad (adoptive parents, adoptees, or birth parents or birth siblings) who are searching or considering searching. This list is for support, search tips, etc. for those going through the process. For more information go to <http://millennium.fortunecity.com/wacky/713/index.htm>.

ADOPTION TRIAD. Open to all members of the triad. Discussions tend to be more focused toward adopting and raising adopted children than toward search or reunion issues. To subscribe, send email to listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu with the following as the only text in your message: subscribe adoption FirstName LastName 

Adoption Triad list for all members of the triad as well as friends and relatives.

adoptionTexas [Safe for kids]. A list for anyone looking for a birth parent or adoptee in or around the Fort Worth, Texas area.

Adoptive Parent Mailing List. A mailing list dedicated to adoptive parents

AllOfUs [Safe for kids]. This is a list for all persons connected to adoption. Members must promise that if someone is searching others will help provided the adoptee is 21 or older, those younger can join to talk about their feelings.

Asearchershaven. A Searcher's Haven is for those involved with adoption/reunion searches, to get and give emotional support, relieve stress, share tips, ideas,links, etc. For the first time voluntary searcher to the seasoned voluntary searcher, this can be your haven. Compliance with the welcome message is mandatory; noncompliance with welcome message rules means being unsubscribed.

Bastard's Email Special Training list, for Bastard Nation members. Leans heavily toward reform of adoption laws. Offers lively discussion on a variety of adoption-related topics. Visit now....ask questions later.

Bdad List. A new mailing lists for birth fathers, send an email to subscribe.

Birth fathers. A list for birth fathers only. Birth fathers are often the most overlooked member of the triad, often because they are portrayed as the "bad guys" in adoption. However, more and more birth fathers are becoming involved in adoption decisions and search. Very little exists today in form of support for birth fathers. For that reason, this list was established to provide these men a place to find support and resources. Run by Don Taylor, a birthfather himself, through the Adoptee Search Center, anyone interested in joining the mailing list can go to onelist.com and sign up. Or they can mail Don Taylor directly. 

BirthMom Mailing List. Email Alana to join this support list for birth mothers.

California Connection. Open to any member of the triad who was born, adopted or is searching in California. To subscribe, send email to majordomo@e45.tcoe.k12.ca.us with only the following text in the body of the letter: subscribe ca-adoptees - or - If you wish to receive Roger's list in digest format, you should write the following in the body of your letter: subscribe ca-adoptees-digest  Listowner is Roger Smith.

Canadiansadopting [Safe for kids]. A list for any Canadian who has an interest in adoption. Maybe you adopted from Canada, or the US, Russia, China, or anywhere in the world. Perhaps you are a birthmother? Maybe you're an adoptee? This list announces itself as a support group to discuss the joys and sorrows of adoption.

COWPIES [For people over 21] [restricted]. A list that can be joined only by invitation. Anyone on this list can invite someone to join. The only requirement is that you have been touched by adoption somehow ~ birth parent, adoptee, and/or adoptive parents.

FamAdopt [For people over 21] [moderated] [restricted]. A discussion area for anyone who has been personally touched by adoption and who wishes to trace/share their heritage information. Also for genealogists seeking biological/adoptive family information to include an adoptee on their family tree, and for the sharing of guidelines for searching public records. Messages written in HTML or MIME and attachments are not allowed on FamAdopt. If you are not familiar with how to turn off HTML and MIME, e-mail listowner Mary Lynn Fuller, and she will direct you to a helpful website. For more information <http://public.surfree.com/mfuller/famadopt.htm>.

FamilyTiesAdoptionSearch. This mailing list is for every adoptee and birthparent. Post adoption searches, advice, support, pictures of biological family members and yourself if they will help you find your family members. Free database located at <http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/1049>. Sign-up there for Family Ties Free Newsletter and get your search story published. Family Ties Adoption Search Database is advertised in a world wide yellow pages that will be in all local librarys through out the US and found in newsstands.

FLinterstateadoptees [For people over 13]. A forum for all members of the adoption triad and their families to exchange advice, ideas, thoughts, and support. This list specifically targets adoptions where the adoptee was born in Florida and adopted in another state. Searching for these adoptees and their birth families is particularly difficult due to all the additional red tape encountered when dealing with more than one state, and the increased possibility of black and/or gray market adoptions. This list hopes to provide a support resource for those in this dilemma. For more information, mailto:ibkaufman@aol.com

GriefNet Support Groups. There are many mailing lists here including a birth mothers list.

IOWASEARCH [For people over 17]. This list is a forum for persons wishing to seek or offer assistance with Iowa adoption related searches. Adoptee/birth family reunion stories and/or any personal opinions you have in regard to post-adoption issues are welcome.

IRISH-ADOPTEES-SEARCH Mailing List 

isoopinions [For people over 17]. A place for adoptees and birth family members to ask each other questions/opinions in a non-flaming manner. We rarely have the chance to ask an adoptee/bfamily member the questions/opinions that we would like to be open about. Please keep in mind that you might not always like or appreciate the questions/answers/opinions received here. Personal attacks on a another member of this list or the triad will not be tolerated. This list is open to all adoptee/ birth family members that have been reunited with one or all of their missing family. You must be mature enough to handle this group in an open-minded, kind-hearted way. Please note this is not a support group.

KoreanAdopteesWorldw [Safe for kids]. A mailing list to unite the Korean adoptee community worldwide. For more information, go to <http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/koreanadopteesworldwide>.

KY-Adoptees [For people over 21]. If you are an adoptee of Kentucky, or a member of the adoption triad, please feel free to join this list. Kentucky is one of the hardest states to receive information from.

Nevada Triad List. Triad members connected to an adoptee who was born, adopted, or searching in Nevada. Send your request to join.

MissouriRegDay [For people over 21]. For Missourians wishing to dedicate a day of service to promoting the International Soundex Reunion Registry and who want to exchange information and messages. For everyone who supports Adoptee Rights to their OBCs.

OhioSearch [For people over 17] [restricted]. This list is for adoptees, siblings, and birth parents searching in Ohio. No paid searchers permitted as the list is for free search tips and support. This is a friendly site. No flaming or rudeness allowed.

Open Adoptions . A list for all triad members which focuses on open adoptions. Write to Yvette Carter (ycarter@world.std.com) or Teri Liston (MeriOne@eworld.com) for more information. 

PAFind [For people over 17] [restricted]. An e-mail search and support list for people separated by adoption proceedings in Pennsylvania. No flaming, chainletters, inspirational poetry/messages or non-adoption related topics. Posts run 10-50 daily, so if mailbox space is a consideration, select "digest" option when subscribing. We database and save your search info. Be patient when subscribing - it's done by one human. Private mail can be sent to Sue, listowner.

Pls4 Adoption Search [restricted] [moderated]. Offers adoption search education and is meant to raise awareness about Search Methods and Legislation directly from the Professionals and Adoption Triad in a comfortable forum free of solicitors. This group of TRIAD Members (adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents) and professionals (Licensed Investigators, Attorneys, Psychotherapists, Genealogists, Adoption Counselors, Confidential Intermediaries) focuses on collaborative efforts to make a difference for birth families.

RegDay List: For triad members who are volunteering for the annual International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) day. To join the list, send an email to LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM with the following as the only text in your message: subscribe regday FirstName LastName 

Searching. To subscribe send an e-mail and in the body type subscribe searching your e/mail address.

searching4U [For people over 17] [restricted]. This is a mailing list for members of the triad. Adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents are all welcome to post their search criteria and stories where others can view and respond to them. Advice is welcome and wanted as well as support. NO flaming or foul language will be tolerated.

searchinginok [Safe for kids] [restricted]. This list is mainly for adoptees/birth parents/siblings and others connected with adoption who are searching in Oklahoma, but is open to anyone interested. For more information, <http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/searching>.

Sunflower Birthmoms. Run by Alana Miller, there are approximately 500 birth mothers on this list.  These moms are all over the US so you can look forward to getting a bunch of great help and awesome support.  Contact Alana to join.

Texassearch [Safe for kids]. This list is for all adoptees, birth parents, birth siblings that are searching for birth relatives in Texas.

TheLost [For people over 17] [restricted]. This list is for the Adoption Triad. All members of the triad are welcome. Talk about your, finds, get/receive hints, etc. No flaming permitted.

Touched by Adoption [restricted] [moderated]. The list was created by a reunited adoptee turned Ohio adoption searcher. Legal search techniques for Ohio are found here. Learn where to write for necessary information; guidelines for requesting Non-ID; use of vital records and indexes, divorces, wills, estate dockets, obituaries, DMV, social security applications, property records and city directories; suggestions and support for initial contact.

TX-ADOPTEES [For people over 10] [moderated] [restricted]. This is a list for adoptees searching in Texas.

XCulture Adopt Mailing List [unmoderated]. Composed of families who have adopted children of a different race, culture or ethnicity from themselves, either domestically or internationally. The list also includes families in the process of a transcultural adoption, people considering a multi-ethnic family, and adult adoptees of such families. Birth parents are also welcome. XCultureAdopt is an open list. To subscribe: Send the message subsingle to XCultureAdopt-request@lists.best.com For the digest version, send the message subscribe instead.

alt.adoption [unmoderated]. Has the highest traffic of the adoption newsgroups. A spirited discussion group where adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents relate their experience and debate the current state of the social institution of adoption. This list is seen by some as a support group, and in particular as a meeting place for those who are searching for information about separated birth relatives and those who can help them. A Volunteer Search Network has sprung up to help coordinate some of these activities.
alt.adoption is also an educational tool in the political sense, to change the consciousness of those who may believe that the institution of adoption is an unalloyed success, a place to point out shortcomings in current as well as past practice and to advocate changes. Politics is not everyone's cup of tea. NOTE: Some people looking for sympathy and support will be disappointed.

alt.adoption.searching[unmoderated]. A newsgroup created as a place for adoption search messages, and search assistance. Search messages are informational postings not intended to generate discussion, but to solicit offline contacts with people willing to help or who recognize the persons searched for. Individual searchers post here, and postings are also generated to this group from registry services offering large volume databases. Submissions to the World Wide Registry run by David T. Gray are automatically posted to this newsgroup, and constitute a substantial fraction of the traffic.

soc.adoption.adoptees [moderated]. This newsgroup is focused on the discussion of adoption issues by adoptees. A team of moderators review submissions to the newsgroup to insure compliance with the group's posting policy guidelines. All postings are routed via e-mail to the group moderators; send your posting in e-mail to <socadoptionadoptees@email.com. Has its own web site.

soc.adoption.parenting[unmoderated]. A group for discussion, education, mutual support, and information by and for adoptive parents. This is an appropriate place to gain information on how to help with issues surrounding adoption, as they occur in the life of the adoptee.