Hello Rita and ECRs, In addition to Cyndi's List for addoption sites: <http://www.CyndisList.com/adoption.htm> here are a few more: http://www.webreflection.com/pinkerton/links.html http://www.webreflection.com/aiml/ http://www.innova.net/~goob/ http://guide.netscape.com/guide/people.html http://members.tripod.com/~Wingy/ http://www.absnw.com/reunions/ http://home.texoma.net/~wfbonner/ http://members.wbs.net/homepages/s/a/v/savannahlink.html http://www.adoptionsearch.com/ http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail_general.html#FamAdop http://home.inreach.com/diak3/ http://www.birthfamily.com/ http://www.the-seeker.com/ http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Families/Parenting/Adoption/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dymentia/ http://www.bastards.org/library/ http://www.adoption.org/ http://www.koyote.com/personal/hobb/homepages.html http://www2.netquest.com/lgipson/adopt.htm http://members.tripod.com/~ancestorsattic/index.html#ADOPT http://199.79.239.12/~laswi/bookmark.htm http://www.plumsite.com/adoptionring/ http://www.burningelectrons.com/adopt/ http://members.tripod.com/~HevensDawn/adoption.html >Does the Freedom of Information Act include adoption records that were >sealed? A boy was adopted in the 1940s by a couple in NJ and the records >were sealed. His siblings had been sent to different foster homes. They >tried to locate him in the 60s and were told the records were sealed. They >were told that if they were the natural parents they might have gotten some >information, but as they were siblings they could get nothing. Has this >changed? > >I know adoptions were discussed a while back but I was not aware of this >family's history at that time. > >Thank you, >Rita > > >==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== >Visit the Essex County Genealogy Web Site at: ><http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/> > Glenn G. Geisheimer, Iselin, New Jersey: glenng@castle.net NJEssex Mailing List Administrator Essex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/ Virtual Newark, NJ: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geishome/ Essex County Query Forum: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Essex