What is the best possible way to find an adoptee's birth family?

[Timothy]

The only CATCH is that it needs to be for FREE because I find spending money to find your birth family is highly ignorant.<BR><BR>I need an accurate searching site that doesn't cost anything at all.<BR><BR>any suggestions?

[Kassidy Cooke]

Soundex is the biggie. <SPAN id=lw_1299043303_0 class=yshortcuts>Facebook</SPAN>, <SPAN id=lw_1299043303_1 class=yshortcuts>Myspace</SPAN> and even Craig's list are good ideas, too. Even googling your birthdate will sometimes find something. <BR><BR>As far as paying money to find your family being ignorant goes....I beg to differ.Sealed records and closed adoptions are what's ignorant. Free searches may take years. Paid can sometimes yield results immediately. I guess it just depends on how much you feel the info is worth to you. <BR><BR>Good luck!</DIV><H3 class=reference>Source(s):</H3><DIV class=reference>adoptee in reunion who was ignorant and paid for her mother's name.

[Maxi]

If you know their names then this website has lots of links to look for living people, there is also information about looking for adoption parents/children http://familytimeline.webs.com/adoptionl...ations.htm

[Juanaquena]

You do not indicate if you wish to find information on someone in your family in the past and who is now no longer alive or if you are seeking the birth parents of someone who was adopted and who is now alive.

If you are conducting genealogy research (researching one's family tree/family history) of someone who is deceased, you may find some tips on this Rootsweb.com guide web page:
http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lesson31.htm

Keep in mind that you may not find the info you seek. There just may not be any records that are open and not sealed (not available to anyone.)

If you are seeking info about the birth parents of someone who is still alive, there are web sites for adoptees and their birth parents to post queries in hopes of connecting.

Here are some links:
http://registry.adoption.com/
http://www.adopteeconnect.com/

Best wishes

[GrayPict]

It doesn't matter if the site is a subscription one or "free", if you don't use appropriate research methods it is difficult to find information on adoptions or any other information.
You might try looking at the tutorials on Familysearch.org. I believe there is something on researching
adoptions. This is a free site.
I have used free sites as well as subscription sites, and there is some information that is protected by federal law, or court order. Depending on when the adoption took place and where, The records may have been sealed by the court. If that is the case, it takes a court order to have them opened and then they are only available to the adopted person, or the people who adopted. This was generally the case
in adoptions prior to the 1960's or 70's

[tunaears]

start with your birth certificate and work from there.