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Adoption Related Searching

These are very basic steps for doing an adoption search; Adoptee for birthparents; birthparents for adoptees; adoptive parents for birthparents. The single difference that distinguishes...

If Everyone Lighted Just One Little Candle

by Alice Syman A few years ago a member of my Orphan Voyage Adoption Search and Support Group in Arizona hosted a Christmas party. The...

Searching Surprises

Star Demint would have traveled around the world to meet birth family but she only had to go 10 minutes to meet a half-brother. Demint...

Open Reunion by Carolyn Campbell

Her parents and in-laws feared she might stir up trouble and break her own heart but 42 year old adoptive mother Ellen Brown was determined...

Regret, Loss and Redemption on TLC’s Docu-series Long Lost Family

The eight-episode docuseries premieres Sunday, March 6, 2016 Los Angeles, CA - LONG LOST FAMILY features the highly emotionally and touching stories of people who...

A Topless Double-Decker and Cream Tea

by Jill Nielsen Chances are we're related if the unusual name of POUT is on your family tree. As far back as 1410, Pout families...

Reunion Fest

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, summers are festival season throughout the area but particularly on the city's fabulous shoreline of Lake Michigan. The nineteen year Milwaukee Irish Fest...

Book Reviews

Books aid ethnic searches Reviewed by Adam Rose Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. (2000, 260 pages, paperback, $18.99) Betterway Books,...

Reunion Places Worth Dreaming About

by Edith Wagner We've made a wonderful discovery for families who dream of following in the footsteps and trails of elders or ancestors. Project ECHO...

Finnish Embassy is Very Generous

Cheryl Miller, Racine, Wisconsin, made an exciting find when, while planning the Hentila Family Reunion for next summer, she contacted the Finnish Embassy in Washington...