female born 7-16-1968 Born with club feet

October 16, 2006

I was born in king county washington at provadence hospital. I am looking for my birth family. My name was patti ann and I was born with club feet please contact me if you have any informatiom.

Thanks:wings:

pennu

October 18, 2006

Hi-

In Washington, you basically have 2 options for searching:

1. Search on your own.

2. Hire a Confidential Intermediary (CI).

Both have pros and cons but if you decide to search on your own, there's a LOT of info out there to help you on your way!

One thing you should do is to request your "non-identifying information" (non-id). You can get this info from the following places:

-County where the adoption was finalized (typically same county where adoptive parents lived).

-Adoption agency, if one was involved.

-DSHS, if they were involved.

Request the non-id from all applicable places.

Also, there's a great Yahoo group that can help with searching in Washington and other Northwest states. All you need is a free Yahoo email account! Here's the URL: [url=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/washingtonstateadoptionsearch]washingtonstateadoptionsearch : Washington State Adoption Search[/url]. Definitely check 'em out!

Good luck!

-Pennu :wings: