Forget Me Not Family Society

Web Links

• Government Registry Websites
• Search and Support
• Reunion Registries
• DNA Resources
• Counsellors
• Websites of Interest
• Videos

Government Registry Websites

Adoption Records By Province

 Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/records-registry-connections

British Columbia:  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/adoption-reunions-registries

Manitoba:  http://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/childfam/registry.html

New Brunswick:  http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/social_development/services/
services_renderer.9375.Post_Adoption_Disclosure_Services.html

Newfoundland & Labrador:  http://www.servicenl.gov.nl.ca/birth/accessing_records_under_adoption_act/

Nova Scotia:  http://www.gov.ns.ca/coms/families/adoption/AdoptionDisclosure.html

Nunavut:  http://www.originscanada.org/adoption-records/by-province/nunavut-adoption-records/

Northwest Territories:  https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/adoption

Northwest Territories Brochure re Adoption Registry: https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/sites/hss/files/adoption-nwt.pdf

Northwest Territories info at Origins  http://www.originscanada.org/adoption-records/by-province/northwest-territories-adoption-records/

Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/search-adoption-records

Prince Edward Island:

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/social-development-and-housing/post-adoption-services

Quebec:   UPDATE 2018: http://sante.gouv.qc.ca/en/programmes-et-mesures-daide/rechercher-de-l-information-sur-ses-antecedents-sociobiologiques-sur-ses-parents-biologiques-ou-sur-son-enfant-biologique-adopte/

Saskatchewan:  http://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/births-and-adoptions/adoption/post-adoption-services

Yukon:  http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/adoption.php

USA:  http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/state.php – which US states have open records

Search and Support

• Adoption Healing (Joe Soll’s site): http://www.adoptionhealing.com/
  Adoption Support Kinship (ASK) – Toronto, Ontario:  http://www.askaboutreunion.org
• Asian Adult Adoptees of BC https://www.facebook.com/groups/243207382743852/
• Canadian Council of Natural Mothers:  http://www.ccnm-mothers.ca
• Adoption & Birth Mothers (“Musings of the Lame” blog):  http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/adoption/searches/
• Facebook groups:
• Free Canada Adoption / Family Search and Reunion https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadaAdoptees/
• Adoption Healing:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/adoptionhealing/
• FMNFS ~ Adoption Circles:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/adoptionreconnection/
• FMN Society Yahoo Group: http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/forgetornot2003/ (not active)
• ORIGINS Canada  https://www.originscanada.org/about-us/

 Reunion Registries

• LINKS Adoption Support Group: http://linksadoptionsupport.ca/
  Mouvement Retrouvailles (Quebec): http://www.mouvement-retrouvailles.qc.ca/eng/
  Parent Finders: http://www.parentfindersottawa.ca
• International Soundex Reunion Registry: http://www.isrr.org/ Mail in
• Adoption.com: http://registry.adoption.com/
• G’s Adoption Search Registry:  http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com
• Canadian Adoptees Registry:  (ceased operations Dec 2016)
• ORIGINS Canada registry: http://searchregistry.originscanada.org/

DNA Resources

The following counsellors in British Columbia, Canada have indicated that they are familiar with adoption issues. This list is provided for your information only and the Forget Me Not Family Society does not accept responsibility for results of using these services.

Catherine Moore M.A. Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC# 12959) Phone:  604-368-6374   Email:  info@catherinemoore.ca  Website:  www.catherinemoore.ca

Christine Lachaine Gatzke M.Ed : http://www.clc-apathtohealing.ca/  Optional telephonic, Skype and email counselling.

Patricia Roles, Vancouver, BC, Canada: http://www.e-mailtherapy.com/   Optional online counselling via Skype.

Websites of Interest

Adoptees Association: http://www.adopteesassociation.ca

Adoption Forums: http://forums.adoption.com/

American Adoption Congress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Adoption_Congress

American Adoption Congress on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/americanadoptioncongress/

Adoptee Searcher’s Handbook: http://web.archive.org/web/20030801095117/www.ouareau.com/adoptee/