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[FONT=Arial]Steps! Louisiana Specific - Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport etc...
1. Contact either the home if it is still in operation or the state if the home is no longer in operation and request the "non-identifying information" for your adoption.
This is a personal site for a maternity home out of New Orleans, but it has some LA search specific help
[URL="http://www.protestanthomeforbabies.com/ToDo.htm"]Protestant Home for Babies[/URL].
2. Register with the state's adoption registry. Birth-family members and adoptees... [URL="http://www.dss.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&pid=116"]Adoption Reunion Registry | Department of Children & Family Services | State of Louisiana[/URL] And maybe the International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) [URL="http://www.plumsite.com/isrr/"]http://www.plumsite.com/isrr/[/URL]
3. Check out this database of searchers! Get listed...
[URL="https://www.quickbase.com/db/7c2gsmqv?a=q&qid=106"]https://www.quickbase.com/db/7c2gsmqv?a=q&qid=106[/URL]
4. Join the LA online search support Yahoo! groups... they can help! Very important![/FONT][FONT=Arial]
[URL="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adoptees-Birthrights-Committee/join"]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adoptees-Birthrights-Committee/join[/URL]
[URL="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Louisiana-Adoption-Advocates/join"]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Louisiana-Adoption-Advocates/join[/URL][/FONT][FONT=Arial]
LA. List of Maternity Homes
[URL="http://www.protestanthomeforbabies.com/MaternityHomes.htm"]LA Maternity Homes[/URL]
(Some links are broken, will fix!)
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