The Searcher's Checklist
To Do
- ____ Request Non-Identifying Information
- ____ File Confidentiality Waivers with State, Agency, Lawyers
- ____ Register with the International Soundex Reunion Registry
- ____ Register with Online Reunion Registries
- ____ Visit the Libraries
- ____ Lose eyesite looking at too much microfiche
Documents
- ____Original Birth Certificate
- ____Amended Birth Certificate
- ____Adoptive Parents' Homestudy
- ____Application to Adopt (agency)
- ____Signed Relinquishment or Consent Forms
- ____Legal Notices
- ____Baptismal/Religious Certificates
- ____Foster Care Documents
- ____Petition to Adopt
- ____Decree of Adoption
- ____Name Change Records
- ____Non-Identifying Information
- ____Hospital Birth Records (Obstetrician)
- ____Hospital Nursery Records (Pediatrician)
- ____Marraige/Divorce Records
About the Adoptee
- ____ Adoptee's Date of Birth
- ____ City, State of Birth
- ____ Hospital of Birth
- ____ Name at Birth
- ____ Name after Adoption
- ____ Adoptee's Age at Relinquishment
- ____ Age at Placement with Adoptive Parents
- ____ Age at Adoption
About the Birth Family
Birth Mother
- ____ Birth Mother's Name
- ____ Age at Birth of Adoptee
- ____ Age at Relinquishment of Adoptee
- ____ Birthdate
- ____ Place of Birth
Birth Father
- ____ Birth Father's Name
- ____ Age at Birth of Adoptee
- ____ Age at Relinquishment of Adoptee
- ____ Birthdate
- ____ Place of Birth
Birth Siblings
- ____ Ages/birthdates/genders of Birth-Siblings
