Adoption Search Registries & Reunion Resources by State

Adoption Search Resources - Adoption-Related Records by State
Here you will find links to information for finding adoption related records. Most links are to state government websites with official information about what is available for the adoptee (or others) for that state. In some states, such as Oregon, adult adoptees can order their pre-adoption birth records. Most states have closed adoption records, but you might find that they have an official adoption registry or a confidential intermediary service. See below for disclaimers.

Some major vital records indexes (birth, marriage & death) are included here for adoptees who may have a name or other indentifying information for a birth parent. You may also find this website's People Searching page to be helpful.

Alabama...

Adoptee Seeking Original Birth Information in Alabama from the Alabama Center for Health Statistics
Information for Birth Parents of Adopted Children Born in Alabama from the Alabama Center for Health Statistics

Mobile County, Alabama Marriage Index

Alaska...
No Links Yet

Arizona...

Arizona's Adoption Search Program - Confidential Intermediary Program of Arizona

Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates has birth certificates 1887-1931, and death certificates 1878-1956

Arkansas...

Arkansas Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry from the Arkansas Department of Human Services

California...

California: Frequently Asked Questions on Obtaining Information About Your Adoption from the California Department of Social Services - Children and Family Services Division
California Adoption Search and Reunion Registry (not state sponsored)

California Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records includes information on ordering vital records

Colorado...

Colorado Adoption Search & Reunion Resources includes information about Colorado's confidential intermediary service and a Colorado adoption registry

Colorado Genealogy Resources

Connecticut...

Connecticut Adoption Search Law

Connecticut Marriage Index 1959-2001 (fee-based - at Ancestry)

Delaware...

Delaware Birth & Death Records - Office of Vital Statistics

District of Columbia...
No Links Yet

Florida...

Florida Adoption Reunion Registry Information

Florida Vital Records Indexes on the Internet - Marriage, Divorce & Death Indexes

Georgia...

Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry from the Georgia Department of Human Resources

Hawaii...
No Links Yet

Idaho...

Idaho Voluntary Adoption Registry from the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

Illinois...

Illinois Vital Records - Adoption Records/Registry Illinois Department of Public Health
Confidential Intermediary Service of Illinois

Indiana...

Medical History Registry for Adopted Persons from the Indiana State Department of Health

Iowa...

I Am Adopted - Information from the Iowa Department of Human Services

Kansas...

Obtaining a Birth Certificate Before Adoption - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Kentucky...

Adoption Search - Kentucky Cabinet For Health and Family Services

Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-2000

Kentucky Divorce Index 1973-1993

Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000
- Kentucky Vital Records Indexes Online (fee-based - at Ancestry) includes the following...
  - Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999
  - Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-1999
  - Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000
Louisiana...
- Louisiana Adoption Registry from the Louisiana Department of Social Services
Maine...
- Maine Adoption Reunion Registry Information from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Maine Marriage Index 1892-1996 the years from 1967-1976 are missing
Maryland...
- Adoption Search, Contact and Reunion - Maryland Department of Human Resources
  - Maryland Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
- Maryland State Archives - Information On Adoption Records Before June 1, 1947
Massachusetts...
- Massachusetts Adoption Search Coordinator
Michigan...
- Michigan Department of Human Services - Closed Adoption Record Information includes information about Michigan's confidential intermediary program
Minnesota...
- Minnesota Department of Health - Birth Records After An Adoption
- Minnesota Vital Records Indexes & People Finding Aids
Mississippi...
- Emery Memorial Home and Hospital in Richton, Mississippi an unwed mother's home from 1931 to 1963; has information for adoptees
Missouri...
- Missouri Adoption Information Registry from the Missouri Department of Social Services
- State Historical Society of Missouri - Adoption Records Information
- Jackson County Marriage Index 1880s-present includes Independence & Kansas City
- St. Louis Genealogy Resources and Records
Montana...
No Links Yet

Nebraska...
- Adoption Search Information from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Nevada...
- Nevada Adoption Registry from the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services
  - Adoption Registry Forms
- Clark County - Las Vegas Marriage Index 1984-Present
New Hampshire...
- New Hampshire Pre-Adoption Birth Records Information
New Jersey...
- New Jersey Adoption Registry from the New Jersey Department of Human Services - Division of Youth and Family Services
- New Jersey Adoption Records Information Pre-1940 from the New Jersey State Archives
New Mexico...
- New Mexico Confidential Intermediary Service
- New Mexico Adoption Registry (unofficial - this is not a state sponsored site)
New York...
- New York State Department of Health - Adoption Information Registry
- New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet includes information on ordering vital records
North Carolina...
- North Carolina Adoption Search Information from the North Carolina Department of Social Services
- North Carolina Vital Records Indexes - Birth, Marriage and Death Records
North Dakota...
- North Dakota Adoption Search and Disclosure information from the North Dakota Department of Human Services
Ohio...
- Ohio Department of Health Adoption Records and Registry Information
- Ohio Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records includes information on ordering vital records
Oklahoma...
- Oklahoma DHS Adoption Reunion Registry and Confidential Intermediary Search Program from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oregon...
- Oregon Center for Health Statistics - How to Order Pre-Adoption Birth Records Oregon Department of Human Services
Pennsylvania...
- Information About Pennsylvania's Adoption Registry from the Pennsylvania Department of Health Division of Vital Records
Rhode Island...
- Family Court of Rhode Island Voluntary Adoption Reunion Registry
South Carolina...
- South Carolina Adoption Reunion Registry Information
South Dakota...
- No Adoption Search Links Yet
- South Dakota Birth Index (for births over 100 years ago)
Tennessee...
- Access to Adoption Records - Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Texas...
- Texas Department of Family and Protective Services - Adoption Registry
  - Texas Department of Family and Protective Services - Closed Adoption Records Information
- Online Texas Vital Records Indexes - Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death includes information on ordering vital records
Utah...
- Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry Form downloadable PDF file from the Utah Bureau of Vital Records
- Utah Adoption Records Over 100 Years Old
Vermont...
- Vermont Adoption Registry information from Vermont Department for Children and Families - Family Services Division
Virginia...
- Virginia Adoptee Application for Disclosure Form downloadable PDF form from the Virginia Department of Social Services (scroll down to the adoption section)
Washington...
- Adoption Records Search from the Washington Department of Social and Health Services includes confidential intermediary program information
- King County and Seattle Marriage Records Search
West Virginia...
- West Virginia Adoption Registry Information
Wisconsin...
- Adoption Records Search Program - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
- Wisconsin Marriage Index 1973-1997 (fee-based - at Ancestry)
Wyoming...
- Wyoming Confidential Adoption Intermediary Services information from the Wyoming Department of Family Services
General Vital Records Databases and Directories
- Online Birth, Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes
- Online Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
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Adoption Search Registries and Reunion Resources Listed by State

For Adoptees, Birth Parents and Relatives

includes some vital records indexes