Resources on the Internet

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Friday, May 8, 1998

BY CINDY KRANZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Here is a sampling of adoption search resources available on the Internet and in bookstores. These Net sites will link you to others:

Registries

• Linc Online -- http://www.reunionregistry.com.

• BirthQuest -- http://www.access.digex.net/~vqi/top.html.

• International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) which requires you to register by mail, but has a Web site at http://www.plumsite.com/isrr.

Search and reunion information

• Voices of Adoption -- http://www.ibar.com/voices/mainpgs.

• Shea's Search Series -- http://www.plumsite.com/shea/series.html.

Other adoption links

• American Adoption Congress -- http://rdz.stjohns.edu/amer-adopt-congress.

• AdoptioNetwork -- http://www.adoption.org.

• AOL's Adoption Forum -- Keyword: Adoption

• Use any search engine (i.e. Excite, Infoseek, Altavista, Yahoo) and type in the query "adoption ring' to enter a ring of hundreds of adoption-related Internet sites.

Mailing list support groups

• For adoptees -- http://www.webreflection.com/aiml.

• For birth mothers -- Contact alanamil@aol.com for information or visit her Web page at http://members.aol.com/alanamil/birthmom.html.

Books About Adoption, Search and Reunion

• Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents and Adoptive Parents by Jean A.S. Strauss (Penguin USA; $12.95).
• Adoption Reunions: A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families by Michelle McColm (Second Story; $15.95).

• Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness by Betty Jean Lifton (Basic Books; $14.50).

• Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience by Betty Jean Lifton (HarperCollins; $13).

Other resources

• The Adoption Awareness Alliance maintains an adoption resource referral line. (771-5353) The alliance has books and resources to help all parties involved in an adoption, including a list of adoption agencies, support groups and organizations that can provide information about adoption searches and reunions.

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