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Finding People

Adoption

Adoption Search Reunion
'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'. Includes 'search for location of adoption records' feature. The site has been developed by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
http://www.adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk

Finding People: Adoption
A guide in the Virtual Library's 'A-Z how to find information' section
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.information_reference/ finding_people_adoption.htm

National Organisation for Counselling Adoptees and Parents (NORCAP)
A charity providing help and support, including help in tracing relatives, for people who are adopted, birth relatives of adopted people and adoptive families. It has the UK's largest Adoption Contact Register
http://www.norcap.org.uk

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