Please fill out the following adoption search questionnaire so that the About.com Adoption Search Angels can help with your adoption search. You may find it helpful to print this article and pencil in details before copy and pasting into an email and typing in your answers.
Answer all questions to the best of your ability and knowledge. Put "N/A" if not applicable to your adoption search or "Unknown" if the information is not known to you.
Please copy and paste this information into an email and send to the one adoption search angel that you are working with on your adoption search.
Please feel free to email your adoption search angel if you have any questions.
- Your name?
- What is your telephone number?
- What is your email address?
- Your city and state that you currently live in?
- What relationship are you to the person/persons you are searching for?
- How long have you been searching?
- Have you put your name on any adoption search registries? Which ones?
- Are you registered with your state's adoption registry, if your state has a registry?
- Has anyone worked on your search before and if so who?
- What have you done so far in your search other than register at online registries?
- Why are you searching now?
- What is the date of birth of the adoptee?
- What city is the place of birth?
- County and state of birth?
- Age of adoptee at adoption?
- What is the birth mother's name and age at the time of adoption?
- Do you have a physical description of her?
- Do you know her birth date or place of birth?
- What is the birth father's name and age at the time of adoption?
- Do you have a physical description of him?
- Do you now his birth date or place of birth?
- What was the birth mother's and/or birth father's occupation at the time of adoption?
- If they were still in school at the time, what school was attended or grade?
- What were the ages of birth mother's/birth father's siblings? Include names if known.
- What were the ages of birth mother's/birth father's other children if any at the time of your birth? Also names if known.
- Was this a private adoption or through an agency? If an agency, the name and location?
- Who was the attorney involved and what city?
- What is the name of the hospital and what city?
- What was the Doctor's name and what city?
- What was the adoptee's name at birth?
- What are the names of the adoptive parents?
- The date the adoption was finalized?
- What city, county, or state was the adoption finalized?
- If adoptee, do you have your non-identifying information?
- Do you have access to your amended birth certificate? If so, what are the State and Local numbers on the birth certificate?
- If adoptee, are your adoptive parents alive?
- Are your adoptive parents cooperating and supportive of your adoption search?
- Is there anyone in your adoptive family who may know details on your adoption?
- Are there any other details that you would like to share?
Thank you to the wonderful group of search angel volunteers who helped compile this questionnaire: Trevis, Leslie, Diane, Tyler, Chris, Anne, Nyclore, Candy, Richard, Gigi, & Shannon
