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I was about to register with ISRR and wanted to know if others have done so. Is it worth the time? Do you think it will help? I was adopted in NC and the records are sealed tight. I have little info to go on. I just don't know if ISRR can really help.
Tammy
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Hi!
I registered. I DO think it's worh it - every angle is worth it. I paid a small $10 donation and have continued to update my information.
It IS a passive registry, but if someone is seeking you, most likely, the state has suggested to them that they register as well.
Good Luck.
Radiodoll
I agree with bajohnson. ISRR was "the only game in town" pretty much before the advent of searching on the internet. They have been around a l o n g time. At one time they were the largest and most well known registry in the world. It is always worth sending your information to them in case your birth family is not on the internet and have registered with ISRR.
California Search Website:
Other great websites to check out!
[url]http://www.adoptionchat.com[/url]
[url]http://www.adoptionlists.com[/url]
[url]http://www.adoption.com[/url]
[url]http://www.adopting.org[/url]
[url]http://www.adoptionregistry.com[/url]
The ISRR is the oldest and largest Reunion Registry in the world. It is one of the first to be opened. Though its founder, adoptee Emma Mae Villardi has since died, her husband continues the Registry in her memory. They do not charge for listing.
I'm an Older Birthmom whose daughter was born in 1954. When she turned 21 in Feb. 1975, I registered on the ISRR.
My information remained in the files for years. My daughter found me there in 1986, eleven years after I registered.
Her Mom, who later told me she was just as anxious to meet me as was our daughter, was watching a Donahue TV show early in December 1986. She lived in Sarasota, FL (I'm in Broward County FL) and Susan was in Washington D.C. at the time; she was nursing her first child and had taken leave of her job.
Her Mom called her and told her to tune in on the Donahue Show, and it was there that she discovered the address for ALMA and the ISRR. The connection was made within days after she filled out the Registry form.
There are MANY older birthmothers/dads who are NOT on line. ISRR fills the need for them. So you haven't heard from them yet ... so what ... maybe you will tomorrow.
I waited eleven years, and thus far have been blessed with 17 years of reunion, two wonderful granddaughters who've known me as Grandma all of their lives (one's pushing 17 and the other 15), my wonderful daughter and an equally wonderful son-in-law. If that wasn't enough, I had the good fortune to know two wonderful adoptive parents who raised my daughter to love me. (a relationship that has ended with their deaths July 2002 and April 2003) AND my daughters a-siblings and extended family.
Don't ignore ANY Registries. Most are free, like ISRR, and you're not losing anything but a bit of time.
:) Hang in there, Hugs, Carol Bird
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Anna Fischer is the founder of ALMA, she was separated from her family in the early 1900's. It took her years to find her family, then went on to found the Adoptee's Liberty Movement ***. ........I don't know if she is still living but the Association is still active. She is/was one heck of a lady. Give it a shot. You just never know....................;) sam
RegDay has been a nationwide annual event held in early October to increase public awareness of the International Soundex Reunion Registry. It is organized by the Adoption Registration Coalition. For the last several years, our support group has set up tables at local malls in front of Borders or Barnes & Noble bookstores and had ISRR forms, search/support info, adoption reading lists, ect.
This is something that the majority of online registries DON'T offer......to send triad members out into the community and be visable with registration forms, be able to answer basic questions about how to conduct a search, and offer different ways to obtain support and understanding.
heres a link to learn more about REG DAY
[url]http://www.adopteerights.org/regday/[/url]
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Adoptee Liberty Movement Association (ALMA) can be reached at P.O. Box 154, Washington Bridge Station, New York, NY 10033. PH 212 581 1568
If you haven't already done so, be sure to pick up a copy of THE ADOPTION REUNION SURVIVAL GUIDE, by Julie Bailey and Lynn Giddens. It is $13.95 at most large chain book stores (Barnes Noble, Borders, etc.) or you can get a copy from the Adoption Gift Shop here at [url]http://www.Adoption.com/[/url]
or from Amazon.
It is one of several excellent books you should take time to read.
I especially liked BIRTHBOND, Marlou Russell's Adoption Wisdom and the Primal Wound, by Nancy Verrier for general insight into being adopted, searching, reunion and healing.
Two good articles that you should have for reading and rereading before and during Reunion (Top Ten Ways to a Successful Reunion (a guidelines) and REUNION SOCIALIZATION, can be printed out from:
[url]http://www.adopting.org/ReunionAdvice.html[/url]
and
[url]http://www.adopting.org/ReunionSocialization.html[/url]
There are many others that can give you insight into the hearts and minds of the birthmoms/dads' and adoptees' issues to prepare you for Reunion.
There are several links to good sources of helpful articles and papers on my Web Page at
[url]http://home.bellsouth.net/personalpapers/PWP-CarolsBirthparentPlace[/url]
Be patient and be open, and for goodness sake be informed.
Hugs, Carol Bird
[url]www.almasociety.org[/url]
ALMA is Adoptees Liberty Movement Association.
ALMA, helps adoptees and I was told a very reputable & one of the most comprehensive and successful registry of its kind. The agency that handled the adoption of my daughter told me last week that they were ranked #2 according to them.
I did find my daughter........need I say more :-)