Databases & Websites by Subject

Click On Adoption

Adopting.org

Adoption.com
A good site for gathering information and connecting with others. It offers comprehensive coverage for birthmothers and adopting families.

Adoption Websites
This portal offers an array of links covering all aspects of adoption.

Adoptive Families
“The leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption.”

Child Welfare Information Gateway
This is the federal government gateway to information and resources.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
This site focuses on adopting children currently in North American foster homes.

Intercountry Adoption

International Adoption.com

National Adoption Center
Offers adoption opportunities for minority and special needs children.

Finding Your Birth Family

Many of the above sites also include information on this topic.

About.com Adoption Search
This site offers search suggestions and many helpful links.

The Seeker.com Adoption
Part of a larger site that helps locate anyone, this page offers many links for those trying to find birth parents or birth children.

Your Family.com
Offers the long lost family bulletin board, links to a people finder and more.

Prepared by Marty Krause, November 2010