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Adoption Related Places You May Enjoy A place for first, birth, biological, natural mothers to vent and share news and opinions. On a little island in the Pacific ~ An adoption blog - the life and words of a natural mother. Adoption search and reunion resources ~ calling for restoration of adult adoptee rights to records access. Somewhere, somehow, in some little corner of our lives, we are all touched by adoption. A heart warming but honest blog written by an adoptee who is also a first mom. A reunited birth aunt and search angel writes her thoughts and seeks to help others.

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It didn't matter who you were, if you had the money you could buy a baby. No background checks were made and records were often falisfied.

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Some maternity homes operated above board while other were no more than baby brokers.

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Over-crowding in orphanages in the east lead to the transport of hundreds of children to the midwest. Most never saw their parents again.

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Read about the trains and the agencies who provided the young travelers who rode them, carrying few belongings and not knowing where they would end up.

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Registration Day (Reg Day) an annual event; it's purpose is to encourage and support. Any birth family member or adoptee can register at ISRR.net for free.

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There are many search angels. Some work entirely for free, some work on a no find-no fee basis and others charge very reasonable rates. Coming soon.

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Search and support groups exist all over the internet. Many such groups work certain state and others work nationwide. Some groups are more active than others. In this section, I'll provide links so you can join the groups which are best suited to your individual search; there is no fee.

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