Adoption, Search & Reunion

Welcome to the Adoption Search Reunion website

This website is intended to be the first port of call for anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching an adoption that took place in the UK. Here you can:

We are adding information to this site all the time so do keep checking for news and developments.

Link to sections that apply to you

Adopted People:
	Tracing Guide Intermediary services Contact not wanted Recommended reading Accessing information
Adoptive Parents:
	Intermediary services Recommended reading
Birth Relatives:
	Intermediary services Contact not wanted Recommended reading

Latest News

Are you trying to find a family member? - 22/03/12

Then please read this important message as resources to help you do this are at risk of being removed

Were you transracially adopted in the UK between 1965-1969? - 20/03/12

If so, please read on for a message from October Films

Make a donation

The Adoption Search Reunion website is an invaluable resource for adopted people, birth relatives and adoptive relatives. Please make a donation and help us to continue to provide and develop this website.

Locate adoption records

Use the Locating Adoption Records database to find out where adoption records are held.

Find an agency to help you

Search the list of support agencies to find a service in your area.

Please note: As of 30th December 2005 all agencies providing intermediary services must be registered with Ofsted.

Contact not wanted?

If you are a birth parent who does not want to have contact with your adopted children visit the Contact not wanted? page.

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