We have new legislation in Canada which allows either party to get identifying information about the birth mother or the child. There is also a 'no contact' clause whereby one party can prevent direct contact from the other. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Juditoh@aol.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Regarding birth mothers >I am aware that, in the US, the only way you can gain access to information > about a birth mother is if both the birth mother and the child, in this > case > your husband not you,are both registered to make contact with each other. > It > takes both to act. My friend had put her information in years earlier but > the > birth mother had just recently put hers in. But genealogy researchers are > known to be patient, right? Well if not patient then I guess tenacious. > Hope > this helps. Judy > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >