Scrapbook for my birth daughter

That's a wonderful idea. As an adoptee in reunion with my birthmother and searching for any memeber of my birthfather's family I highly recommend that all birthmothers if possible take an envelope and put in pictures of her while she was pregnant, pictures of the birthfather and anything else that may be of importance. Right now all I want is a picture of a man whose been dead for 30 years and to know one nice thing about him.

Hugger, as an adoptee, that would probably be one of the nicest presents that you could give when you reunite. It would provide us with a real connection to the biological family, especially with those who have passed away. I have thought about doing the same thing in reverse in case I am lucky enough to find my first mom. I now wish that I had been more of a picture taking person. Unfortunately my amom passed away 26 years ago and the stuff that was in her house and not thrown out, was taken by my sister who lived there. She has emailed me a few scanned pictures but not a lot and I have begged her to go through the boxes that she says she still has and send me anything that she can find, especially if there are any documents pertaining to my adoption. Actually being able to see who you resemble when you find your biological family is a real bonus. Noreen

Hugger, Its a wonderful Idea! Before I met my 1st older sibling that was given up for adoption I compiled as much family info as possible into a photo album and labled it going back as far as to when my mother was a child. So she could compare every detail of herself and see if she had the same hands, nose, legs, face, hair, eyes, etc,etc, etc.. Both sides of my mothers family and big group family pictures. My mothers college grad picture and high school grad picture. I saved the 1st page empty for reunion pictures of us if we were ever reunited. Towards the back of the book, I started with pictures of mom and myself growing up and my marriage and kids. So she had a full scale view of what she had missed out on in 34 years. There were still probably 5 or 6 pages left in the book that I put a note in for future pictures to come. Love always your birthfamily. Keep saving those photos and even the new ones God bless and good luck Terri

acknowledge your responses Susanne and Noreen. I thank you for your kind words and encouragement (if belatedly) and you too Terri. Boy, I've only been working on it for a few weeks and ya oughta see it, it's awesome! I've always been a pack rat and have SO much in the line of pictures and newspaper articles and all kinds of stuff. It's neat. Bless you all. Hugs, Christina