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96 comments:

  1. Thank you I would appreciate any help and information you could give. I have already started looking but was quickly shut down by the county of records. Now I don't know what my next move should be. I fear going through government channels would take years.

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  2. Please email me your story at priscillasharp@comcast.net or pris_sharp@yahoo.com. I will also be happy to chat with you on the phone anytime.
    Priscilla

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  3. I am having such a hard time figuring out how I should contact you lol. or if you contact me will it be on here or facebook??

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  4. Just email me at the addresses above.

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  5. OMG!!! I am so excited to have found you... I really need to tell my story I will try to make it brief...
    I am a twin. My twin sister is the I believe with all my heart she was taken from the hospital
    Manhattan General on 2nd avenue and 12st in NYC The hospital is no longer in existence any more.
    My mom was a very gullible and naieve lady.
    Someone from the hospital called my Mom and said
    They were sorry the twin had passed away. I have a birth certificate for her but there is NO death cert.
    Mom was hysterically crying and did not know what to do the person on the phone told my
    Mom "don't worry we will take care of everything" They never told her to come and see the baby
    They also said that Mom didn't have to pay anything at all.

    Mom was 7 month pregnant when we were born on Sept. 27,1959 I was the baby there had to watch because
    I was losing weight down to 3lbs 14oz We were in an incubator and brought over to New York women's infirmary hospital
    Lois (twin) was 5lbs 3oz and my family saw her and said she looked like she was healthy,

    I pray I find my sister Lois

    I thank you in advance for your help or even just reading this.

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  6. Hi, yes, I'll try to help you. What a horrible story! I've got your email and will get back to you asap.

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  7. HI, I dont know really how to go about the search but I am looking for my half sister. I have never met her, she was born years before me and was taken away by the state. My mom lost all her rights and Clara was adopted. Claras name was Clara Montanez before she was adopted.She was adopted out by los Angeles county adoptions agency. She was born 04/16/1979 at los Angeles county hospital to Penny Lynn Doyle. The last time my mom saw her she was 6 years old. I dont have any blood related relatives and have tried finding her through the internet and dont know what else to do. I dont have alot of money so I cant pay for a private investigater. Please help!! contact me at ncurran20@yahoo.com
    Thank you, Theresa Diaz

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    1. Hi, Theresa ~~ I see you've come to TheRegistry at Yahoo groups and already received an offer to help from Diana. You're in good hands.
      Priscilla

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  8. I am looking for my birth family. I was born feb. 7th 1965 in Hamilton Ontario Canada. Foster home then adopted. Raised in Memphis, TN and now live in Baton Rouge ,LA . My given name was Karen Lynn Jardine. I don't know if Jardine was fathers or mothers name. I know my mother was very young. I was adopted thru Children's Aide Society in Toronto, Canada. I am applying on every website I find. I am in need of medical history. I have a rare disease that is genetic. I have 2 daughters and just found out I am going to be a grandma!!! Any reply would be grateful. I am on a discussion board on adoption on linken.

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  9. Need help in NYS....had a brother that was born before me that my mother put up for adoption. His name at birth was Michael Darren- he was between me and my sister Terri who was born in 1975 and I in 1978. He was born in poughkeepsie ny at Vassar brother hospital. My mother decided to give him up for adoption and then decided to keep him, he stayed with her for a few months and then she finally did give him up. My mother passed away in January and took all the info with her. I registered with albany he has not. I called social serices they have no record of my mother or brother, also tried catholic charities and they have nothing. I tried the hospital and they said alll records would be destroyed after 21 years.HELLPPPPP...please...my email is sindygreen915@gmail.com

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    1. My name is Jay and I'm searching for my birth mother. I was born at Vassar hospital in Poughkeepsie NY July 6,1977.

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    2. Jay ~ Are you signed up with the NYS Adoption Information Registry in Albany? If so, and Sindy is, too, you should be matched. Have you tried contacting Sindy directly? Hopefully, you can work together to see if you are a match. Please also consider DNA Family Matching (see my blog for instructions). Let me know if I can help.

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  10. Nancy ~~ I believe adoptees who were born in Ontario, Canada, can now get their original birth certificates. Please go to http://www.originscanada.org/ to learn how. Good luck, and let me know if there's anything more I can do.
    Priscilla

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  11. Sindy ~~ I see you've already joined www.nyadoptees.com and are receiving search assistance. I will follow the progress of your search on that board.
    Priscilla

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  12. NEWS UPDATE ~~ Sindy has found her brother! Using the Tips for Bio Families searching, she was able to locate him within the first 100 letters sent out. Congratulations, Sindy! We wish you many happy years of reunion with your brother.

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  13. Hi-my name is Lisa, I am helping my mother find her bio family. She sent out for her records to the PA deparment of public welfare, and we sent out a letter to the PA Adoption registry to a Karen Sterner, but unfortunatly that letter came back as not deliverable as addressed. We looked at the address on the form and it matches what we placed on the envelope. So we do not know where the Adoption registry for Pa is. Some info on my mom's adoption: Betty Sue Tylavsky is her name after adoption she was born on 7/23/1962. Her adoption cirtificate says place of birth was Pitsburgh PA Aleghaney county. The doctor name listed is Kelvin B. Johnson. It dosnt give weight or time of birth. It is so small it looks like a car title. The file number on her cirtificate does not follow the normal digits for PA Births. We are very confused about that. If you or anyone could help us, we would gladly appriciate it. We have her registerd with irrs xchange and a few other adoption registry's. Thank you- we can be reached via email at savoie1982@yahoo.com

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  14. I'm not sure where to turn at this point. I was adopted by my step-dad in 1983 when I was 2 years old in Dayton, Ohio. My mother and I are not speaking at this point because every time I try to ask her about my birth father, she changes the story and/or his name. I have filed petitions with the court in Dayton to get first the non-identifying information, which states that there are 2 names listed: one is the "putative father" and the other is the "natural father." I am now waiting on the identifying information. I have done searches online for other adoptees like me, who were adopted by a step-parent and are searching for their birthparent; without luck. Any guidance or info would be greatly appreciated.

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  15. Kelli ~~ I wish I could be optimistic about your ability to get the name, but the courts, unfortunately, are just not cooperative or forthcoming with truth and justice when it comes to adopted persons. All is not lost, however. We are finding many families now through DNA testing and matching. In particular, we recommend the "Family Finder" test at www.familytreedna.com. This will give you your ethnic heritage plus match you with relatives, from close to distant cousins, who are in the close to half a million participants in the database. There is also help available at the support group AdoptionDNA on Yahoo groups and another support group for adoptees at FamilyTreeDNA. Please don't hesitate to email me for more information.

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  16. I just want to say that I'm not an Adoptee, but I am searching for my wife. I have found Pris to be wonderful in everything she does and a real joy to work with. Thank you Pris for all you do to help

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    1. Thank you, Rob! You're wonderful to work with, too, especially in the DNA stuff that I am almost clueless about. LOL

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  17. Hi, My sister ad I are both adopted and she has done years of work to no avail. She gave the agency to get my copies of my adoption file and through extraordinary work she found a lot of excellent evidence for my birth mother. If what has been found my birth mother passed away a number of years ago. We do have info on her children. Would the script that I have read be the same formula in contacting them or somewhat different. Also we have a long shot at a possible birth father. Which direction do you think would be the best first step, the Father or the children of the Mother?

    Thank you for your time and God Bless you for what you do to help people!

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  18. Friends ~~ Please email me at priscillasharp@comcast.net. There is no way I can address your questions without complete information. Also, I don't check this site very often.

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  19. Hi, we talked a few times via email. My name is Jennifer Myers I was wondering if you could continue to help me? I have an unrelaible cell phone so I can only talk through IM and emails.

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  20. Of course, I'm happy to help. Please email me at priscillasharp@comcast.net or pris_sharp@yahoo.com.

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  21. One of our members posted this on Facebook. It is extremely important. An Adoptee needs help.


    Who knows Charlene Hoare?
    Ok folks…this is an all hands on deck request.
    PLEASE share far and wide in any and ALL possible adoption circles, groups, lists etc.
    We have an adoptee on the Adoptee Rights Facebook page who is searching for his mother.
    He FOUND her name and his name at birth because it was listed on Jeff's Tribute Necklace post on the ARC website for the Adoptee Rights Coalition. We

    are in contact with him. It's a 1970 NY adoption.
    HE did not add his name and hers., but SOMEONE did. It HAD to have come from within the community. One of US KNOWS this mother!!!
    Who knows Charlene Hoare?
    Jamison M. Hoare is waiting for you!!

    Please send a message to either @Jeff Handcock or @Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy if you know who she is...hopefully with a way to contact her!!

    Again.. PLEASE share EVERYWHERE!!! We can make this happen!!

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    1. Charlene found - reunion successful! Congratulations! Good work, angels, especially Cher Caldwell Lahue.

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    2. Hello Prisilla,I used to be a physho mess.You were telling people the honest truth the whole time.As sort of a new comer and with rage that had built up through the many false searchers and their greed I didn't see what truth was out there being it you.So sorry for my so called thought I knew it all,just learning and was tramatized from the beginning and to have the same agent do the same as the demons that use people for money,I tried Search Quest and she stuttered as she found she couldn't get my money and she met her match with the social worker both liars with attitude.I found others lost money ,boy have I had crow and I hate the taste of it .I pray you continue to be there for mothers and adoptees ,we,they need you,no joke.I'm still learning and getting more education as I can as one day this social worker will never say to a mother what occupation her son is -Lawyer then saying at closing he could have been one so she could brag on his adoptive older parents.I'm probably a grandmother by him.Still miss my son that was killed in 2011 when a truck hit him,my best friend.I want Open Acess for all Adoptees,thank you as others thank you for giving us more how to information,you are the number one to be trusted.My mind is back and I am always going to be civil minded especially to search angels ,hope to see you on tv one day !<3 ArlineHunter386@gmail.com

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    3. {{{Arline}}} No need to apologize at all. I realize you were going through a tremendous amount of grief with the loss of your son to adoption, then the tragic death of your second son, and your brother-in-law being so ill. It's understandable you would be "beside yourself" at times. You are an incredibly strong lady to withstand all these traumas and turmoil. We love you and want only good things for you.

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  22. Hello. I would also like help. I live and grew up in UK. Birth mother put me up for adoption and emigrated to USA 1975 ish.
    Her name birth name was Gillian G/Gay Bennett 8/01/1950 She married Robert A Callow in Yuba CA 1975 had a child, Jaime lynne callow 11/15/1977.
    Divorced then married Alfonso Ledesma and another child Thomas Raul Ledesma in bexar TX 1980.

    Any help please

    Simon Bennett
    simon bennet at gmail.com

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    1. Hi, Simon ~ I am so glad you contacted me and we were able to uncover some more information and leads to find Gillian. Keep in touch and let me know if there's anything more I can do.
      Pris

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    2. Hey Simon,

      I dated Thomas all the way from 15-16 to early 20's. We moved to Alabama when I was about 21 and I ended up moving home without him. Your Mom wasn't in Thomas or Alfonso's life then. Thomas hadn't seen her since he was little. Alfonso raised him. They now live in Alabama. Thomas was born on 11-11-80 I believe. He still lives in Florence Alabama. I hope this helps you atleast find your half brother. I had no idea you existed! I talked to him via Facebook last year. He deleted his account and there is a bogus account of him that someone made messing around with him. He generallu contacts me everytime he makes one though.

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  23. Hi--my name is Susan. I reunited with my birth mother and 4 siblings 9-18-12 on the phone and f2f on 9-29-12. I would like some ideas on how to find my birth father. His name is Dennis Williams. He was born in/around 1945. He is 5'7, medium build/height/weight and very dark in complexion. He lived in Bronx,NY possibly on Brown Place. He was a high school graduate, Roman Catholic, and a Vietnam Vet. He spent time in NY Veterans Memorial Hospital, NY, NY for seizure disorder. I was given a phone number and address from Omni Trace, which turned out to be wrong. I was given a "corrected" address and another contact number. At this number I spoke to a Dennis Williams of Jamaican decent...my birth father is not Jamaican. I now have no idea where to go. I am very blessed/lucky to have the information I have, but "Williams" is such a common last name...so I'm stuck.
    If you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
    Susan sadodig@aol.com

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    1. Susan ~ I am so sorry you wasted money on OmniTrace. These bloodsuckers need to be put out of business! I wish you had come to be first. I will be contacting you by email to follow up.

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  24. Looking for my brother
    Name Anthony sacco born 8/4/70..flushing booth memorial hospital.NY.agency Spence chapin... I have last 4 numbers of his birth cert if u message me me

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  25. Hi, AnnMarie ~ Unfortunately, as you probably know, the NYC Birth Index does not give the *adopted* name, so that information is of no use to us except to verify a match when you do find him (should match the numbers on his amended birth certificate). Have you reviewed my tips for searching for adoptees? http://priscillasharp.blogspot.com/2011/07/tips-for-families-searching-for.html
    I'm afraid that's all we can do for now unless you want to make up one of those posters going around Facebook.
    Let me know if you have any questions.
    Priscilla

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  27. Hello, my husband has been looking for his mother for a very long time. He got his birth certificate, but there were so many black marks on it. He was born March 15, 1970 in Portland Oregon. We now have a daughter now and we are both curious for a medical reason. He says that is all it is, but I know he longs to meet his mother. He has so many question I can not answer. Can you help us??

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    1. I am happy to try. Please send the pertinent information, including a scan of the birth certificate, to priscillasharp@comcast.net

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  28. I have a son that was giving up for adoption he was adopted in Kentucky I believe the adoption was final in 2000 or 2001 his birth date 6/4/1992 his name was Greg Cline jr his birth parents are Greg Cline an Ella Sue Pennington I would like to find my son an reunite with him thank u

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  29. Ella ~ It is very difficult to search for an adoptee whose name has been changed, especially one so young. I would encourage you to read my blog Tips for Families Searching For Adoptees.
    Most importantly, sign up on the KY registry
    http://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dpp/adoptionservices.htm
    Contact the agency or attorney that handled the adoption and ask if they have a reunion program.
    Let me know if you have any questions.
    priscillasharp@comcast.net

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  30. I just want to find my first father. I have nothing to go on except maybe a photo (big if) and possible state of residence and age range. I also have all my first mothers information.

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    1. Hi, Torri ~~ Unfortunately, without a name it is nearly impossible for find anyone. Your only hope, IMO, is DNA. I would recommend you start with www.23andme.com. For $100, you will get genetic markers, medical markers and be placed in the database and matched to relatives from close to distant cousins. By building a family tree for your maternal line, you can compare your matches and hopefully distinguish whether they are related to your mother or father. There are several groups on Yahoo to help guide you in the process, including AdoptionDNA and DNA-NEWBIE.
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  31. Hi! I was given your name from Lynn Johansenn.

    I would like to help my mom find her mother's daughter and her father's son. Mom is 73 and she never imagined that it would be possible to find any kind of information about her brother and sister.

    My grandma and grandpap weren't married at this time.

    I just came across the hospital discharge announcement for my grandma and the baby's discharge from the hospital when I was doing some genealogy searches.

    For the longest time, we knew she had to have been born between 1930 and 1935 (My grandma was still living at home with her parents when the 1930 Census was compiled and in 1935 she and grandpap were married).

    Family lore has grandma's dad kicked her out of the family home when she got pregnant out of wedlock. A local family took her in during this time and she lived with them for 1 1/2 - 2 years with the baby girl. But things were tough during the great depression and grandma took her to the Children's Home. Not sure if she was placed for adoption or not but in 1935, when grandma and grandpap married they went to get her from the Children's Home and they were told she had been adopted or placed in foster care.

    I've had a photo copy of my grandpap's son's original hand-written birth certificate for several years. I know the child's mother and several of his siblings and I straight out asked if they had a son/brother born in 1935.

    The child's mother said that there were several other girls in the community with the same name as her. That she was not the one. I have researched this. They have different middle names.

    It's mom's greatest wish to meet her brother and sister.

    Annette

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    1. Please email all the details you have: priscillasharp@comcast.net

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  32. Hi, my name is Amy. I am hoping that you might be able to locate my birth father and siblings. I have already found my birth mother and half sister on my own, and I have information from them to help. I know the name of my birth father, that he lived in NYC and where he worked in 1985. I also know his brother's name and his sister's name. I also know that I have one full sibling and another two half siblings along with the names of their birth fathers and rough birth dates for each. They were born in New York at lenox hill hospital. The internet searches I used to find my birth mother and sister have not been helpful in finding my birth father or the other siblings. I would be very grateful for your help or if you know of any search angels to recommend. I will message the rest of this long story along with the details if someone can help me. Thank you so much, Amy.

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    1. Ivy ~~ Please contact me at priscillasharp@comcast.net where we can initiate a private conversation so that I can help you.

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  33. I am looking for my birth mother and father. I was born 8/19/85 at Bayfront Medical Center in St Petersburg, FL. I went to the lawyer's office that handled the adoption and I was told they no longer have my file. Is it legal to just get rid of an adoption file?

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    1. Hi, Kat ~~ Yes, it is legal for an attorney to destroy files since all the pertinent information is already on file with the court. There are only a very few things, such as wills, that attorneys are not allowed to destroy.
      Are you signed up with the FL Adoption Reunion Registry? If not, you should do that asap.
      http://adoptflorida.com/Reunion-Registry.htm

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  34. I am looking for some advice. I have the orginial birth certificate and have the birth mothers what appears to be married name and maiden name and I know the adoption took place in Cleveland. I have reached out to some people that I thought be related but so far either no response or they said they weren't. Any thougths?

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    1. Andrea, I am sorry for the long delay in responding. I did not see this message until this morning. Please write to me at priscillasharp@comcast.net and privately share with me all the information you have and I will see what I can do to help narrow down the right family.

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  35. Would love to have my original birth certificate.I live in Ohio and my records are sealed.I don't have medical history, birth parents, siblings.only thing I know is where I was born if that's even true considering my certificate I have is amended, not sure of the d.o.b.is.even right.everywhere I've searched you have to pay a fee in order to get something that belongs to only you, that isn't fair when others that are born just like anyone else can get it with a phone call or a simple search.please help me, in need of an angel.thanks

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    1. If you were born in OH you can get your OBC or will be able to in 2014:
      http://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/legalinfo/adoption.aspx
      Also, I have access to some OH birth information. So, please email me and tell me the particulars: priscillasharp@comcast.net

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  36. I am a 70 year old adoptee. Born Bronx, NYC 12/18/43. I have spent several decades trying to learn knowledge of my biological parentage... identifying information, not the limited non-identifying information. I've done everything conceivable, including getting non-ID info., petitioning the courts for health reasons (after 8 years, they finally denied my petition), DNA testing with the family I think is my birth family -- mixed results, but I'm convinced this should be my mother's family. I have a rare birth name, so it was fairly easy to find this family.

    My question is twofold. 1) I read a long time ago that the laws in New York permit an adoptee to have records unsealed at age 75, but I cannot determine if this is true, and not sure where I read this. And 2) If I want to appeal the judge's decision re: my petition to the court, is that possible? I believe the court-appointed "guardian ad litum" was a fraud; she never did the research she was assigned, and dropped the ball for years. Then the judge who was originally assigned to my case retired, and the new judge didn't care.

    I simply want closure, nothing more (and nothing less!). More details if you think you can help, and thanks!

    Sincerely,
    Susan Sackett (Born in Bronx, New York, living in Scottsdale, AZ)

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    1. Susan ~~ I would be happy to take a look at your case. Please email priscillasharp@comcast.net

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    2. Susan, I'm looking for my half-sister Suzanne and she is 70 but supposedly born in Greensboro or Asheville, NC. I have just really started looking for her passionately.
      Just curious to any look alike name or age or type looking for. What is your birthdate?

      Thanks, Linda

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  37. Thank you so much :) you are very helpful and kind. I appreciate your time. Michael Levine

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  38. Hey there....I'm April. I'm 25 born May 13 1989 in Sampson County North Carolina. I don't have no information identifying. I would really love to find my birth mom or dad. I've always wondered where do I get my looks from . I have two daughters and wonder if they look like my birthparents. I feel like my birthparents are near me just because some people say I look like a few people. My parents weren't married, my birth mom didn't take prenatal vitamins, I weighed 3lbs or so when I was born, my birth mom had blonde hair , she didn't have any other children and she was in her early 20s. If you can help me I would appreciate it so much. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

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    1. Hi, April ~~ I am checking with my NC experts to see what we can do for you. In the meantime, have you contacted the agency and do you have non-identifying information?

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  39. Hi Priscilla! I just emailed you at your comcast address. I'm a 47-year-old adoptee from NY State. In contact with my birthmother's side of the family and interested in finding my birthfather's side. She never told him of the pregnancy and has not told me anything about him. But I have some very good non-identifying info and I feel he/they are quite "findable." If you're able to work with me, I'd be so grateful. I never thought I'd want to know my paternal side, and this year I began longing to know. I want to feel complete. Thank you for listening. ~P. L. (full name in email)

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    1. I am happy to try to help and look forward to your email.

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  40. Hello Priscilla my name is Valerie and this will I hope be easy for you.I found my mom and dad after looking for them since I was 19. Last year.I found them through another search angel who gave me information on my dad but not my mom. They're both remarried and live on Long Island about 10 miles from each other. The search angel was very closed mouthed about my mom and said there was'nt much info about her and I tried to contact the angel and she would'nt talk to me so I did some research and got her address but I can't find her phone number. My mom was 14 and my dad was 15 and now I'll be 60 in October. There's a little more that I know about but I was wondering if you might be able to get her number if you have the time.This is my first time on this website so I hope that you might consider me. I live in Delaware. Thank You.

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    1. I am happy to try to help. Please email me directly at priscillasharp at comcast dot net.

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  41. Hello Priscilla can't seem to get you on your e-mail call me at 302 883 7514

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  42. I was about to register with Isrr.org, and they ask for your social security number. I am very reluctant to give that out. Before I give that information out, I really need to know they are legit. Can someone please help me with this?

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    1. ISRR is a very reputable organization; it has been in existence for more than 30 years. I have asked for several years that they remove the request for SS numbers, without success. Just don't put anything in that box. It will not affect your registration.

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  43. Hi Priscilla! I am just starting to search for my birth family & am very much enjoying your blog. I started to search about a year ago & didn't know what registries were legit. I went to ISRR & thought to myself, why would they need my SS #?? I thought it was a scam site. It's very misleading especially to someone just starting out. Thanks for trying to tell them!!! :)

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  44. yes Priscilla I got your feed on the Louise Wise facebook page. We live in De. but my husband was born and raised in NY. How do I go about having try to find info for us? We tried for so many years and always came up empty handed. As we are now retired trips to NYC to the library are kind of out of the question and I am not good on the computer for searching etc. Also my husband has 2 names listed for his birth certificate both first and middle are the same just 2 different last names!! Man in geneology dept in NYC said he had been there 30+ years and had never seen that before. More roadblocks. thanking you in advance, nancy

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  45. i need to find my mum so bad :(

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  46. My niece was forced to give up a child on Aug 4 1975 which has left her emotionally scarred and her sibling and I have been searching for ways to help find him and Oklahomas sealed records have proven most difficult to get into. This is what we know he or she was born in Oklahoma county in Oklahoma city Okla at what is now Integris SW Medical center. The Attorney was Lester Klaus no adoption agency was used. Mothers name is Vickie Jean Smalling. The Doctor was Joe Bill Reynolds. My contact information is 580-273-9700 u may call or text me the voicemail is not working so i cannot receive voicemail

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  47. I'm just beginning to search for my parents . What do I do. I believe I have my mother's name. I have the hospital I was born in. My adopted parents changed my legal name. I was born in NY in the 70s can I get an original birth certificate also I would like to know my genealogy I have kids of my own with no medical background to give them.

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    1. I am happy to help. Although you cannot get your OBC (NY is still a "closed" state), there are other things we can do. Please read my article
      http://www.womensvoicesmagazine.com/2014/12/01/what-you-need-to-know-to-start-your-family-member-search/
      and get back to me.
      priscillasharp at comcast dot net

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  49. Good evening,

    My husband and I recently had a baby(7 months ago) and were really curious how we can go about finding out his birth mothers medical information?
    She put him up for adoption and died less than a year after of some sort of illness that neither of us knows of but really would love to know more about.

    thanks in advance for your help
    Jenni

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    1. Hi, Jenni ~~ I am happy to help. Please email everything you know about your husband's birth and adoption. priscillasharp at comcast dot net

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  50. Searching for any birth/blood relatives of Stephen Wright Tackitt, who was adopted. He was born on 11/17/1942 and passed away on 02/02/1999. I, Michelle Gordon (Tackitt) am his daughter. Stephen lived and grew up in Bloomington Indiana and was adopted by Sylvan Wright Tackitt and Elizabeth Tackitt when he was either born or very young. We would just like to know at least the background and/or medical info of the blood/birth side of the family and let them know that Stephen passed away. Please contact me, Michelle, at mickiebon @ sbcglobal .net

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  51. I have promised my son that I would help with his search to find his biological parents. He was born in Oneida County, New York and has gotten his "non identifying" info from the state. H was born October 12,1967 and was placed with Oneida County for adoption. He was 7 weeks old when we got him. We were advised to sign with the registry, about 30 years ago, as that was the only way for both biological parents and children could find each other. Nothing came of it. My son has never stopped his search (unlike his sister, who did not really care who the biological parents were). He is thinking about hiring a detective, which he can not really afford as he has a wife and 2 sons.
    Could you please offer some help for his search?☺️

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    1. I would be happy to help your son. Please have him contact me at priscillasharp at comcast dot net.
      http://www.womensvoicesmagazine.com/2016/03/01/what-you-need-to-know-to-start-your-family-member-search/

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  52. Hello Priscilla, I just sent you an email. I am trying to find my family. My half sis and I have different fathers but the same mother. Neither of us know our bio dads. We have tried searching Ancestry and FTDNA and GEDmatch to no avail! I can send you more personal information in another email. Thank you for your time and your help would truly be appreciated!

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  53. Hey Priscilla,
    I sent you an email. I am looking for my birth parents. I was born in Louisiana in 1976.
    Can you help me with this search? I included more details in the email.
    Thanks,
    Bryan

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  54. Hey Priscilla,
    I sent you an email. I am looking for my birth parents. I was born in Louisiana in 1976.
    Can you help me with this search? I included more details in the email.
    Thanks,
    Bryan

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  55. Hello.Priscilla Sharp, I was told of you from friends of our black ancestry.
    I like to thank you Search Angel.
    Im looking for a old murdercase of my mother. I know the out come of the case that her boyfriend spent 20 or so years in prison. I was told but thhe victim wittness office in the court building. that the case was so old that they dont have information of that case anymore.
    I know its a archive the store cases like this.
    But alL I want was a birth day, year month of my mother killer. and a picture of him.
    I was told that he did his years in prison and was released to a nursing home in the state of Illinois. He is Decease now and I just want this information for closure.And complete our mother family history.

    I dont know how we do this. I didnt want to post anyones names even though they are deceased. I would like help finding this information..

    Thank you.Priscllia Sharp. Search Angel.

    Nita

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  56. Hey it is Bernie Cantorna. Can you call me?

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  57. hi Priscilla

    I have lots of adoption information and I don't know where to begin can you help me

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    1. I am happy too help. Please email me at either of the two addresses posted at top.

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  58. Hi Priscilla,

    I was born in 1957 at Philadelphia General Hospital. My given birth name is Keith Dimyris Walker. I learned I was adopted only a few years ago on Mother's Day 2014. My wife and I were researching my lineage in hopes to find my origins so I'd know what color kilt I was going to wear in a friend's wedding that was to take place in Scotland 2015. We both took the DNA tests from Ancestry.com.

    I had been told, growing up, that I was part Black and part American Indian. I believed it made sense and gave me reason as to why my skin was lighter and my hair was straighter than many one else in the family. This story goes on but we can discuss that later ini detail.

    I was raised as an only child by a loving, and many times over-doting mother. Her husband died when I was two years old so I never got to know him. I was always told about how she carried me when she was pregnant with me and this was the story she would tell me over and over again. Yes, there were inklings of stories going around that I was adopted but there was also the silence I heard whenever it came to talking about me. But my mother's story would always be the same so I put anything dealing with a possibility of being adopted out of my head.

    Once I found the real story, I have received the non-identifying and identifying information on my birth mother but nothing about my birth father was to be found......yet. I have found my siblings from my birth mother and as I meet more family I try to learn a bit more. I did find more information that may lead me to my birth father or his identity. I am on this journey to the end but now I may need some help.

    I was given your name and blog from one of my DNA cousins and someone he reached out to on my behalf. I hope you may find some time to lend a hand to help me along my journey.

    Kind regards,
    James

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    1. Hi, James ~~ I am happy to help. Please write to me at pris_sharp at yahoo dot com

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  59. Hello Priscilla,

    Finding my sibling in Japan is a bit daunting and I wondering if you can give me some clues as to where to begin
    I was adopted in 1954 and ten years ago found by sister Michelle in Las Vegas as our mother lived there our mother died as a result of breast cancer when my sister was 13
    We got together thanks to ABC Can We Help and it was an amazingly joyful meeting and we still are very close today.

    Our mother had many secrets and one I will never know is who was my father as he was in a powerfull position in Australin goverment !
    The other secret is that she had a child/girl in Japan near around 1956
    I have the name of her husband and I have the birth certificate of our mother, Japan seem a difficult place to start enquiy unless you might know of some leads to explre

    Looking forward to hearing from you

    Warmest Regards
    Yasmin

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  60. Good afternoon I sent you a message about a month ago Cheryl scott.i was adopted thru louis wise adoption agency social worker name was ms jenkins birthdate 2/7/69born in queens ny.

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  61. Hi Priscilla, I was referred to you by Diane Pochron, we are connected as 4th cousins. I have been searching for my paternal grandmothers bio family since 1989. All I found out was she was born in New York city Dec. 22, 1902 and placed in The new York Foundling Hospital Orphanage at age 2 weeks by a woman who said she was her mother. She gave my gmothers name as Alice OConnor & said she was born in Metropolitan Hospital, that she loved her but, couldn't care for her. In 1905 Alice was sent on the Orphan Train to Plantersville, Texas & adopted in 1911 by Mike & Anna Pavlock. The NYFH said they had very little info & sent me what they said they had. I took the Ancestry DNA test in Dec.2017 & only had 1 match to a family in New York around the time she was born. The names were Logue & Dougherty. I think this was either her father or mother, I don't know how to figure it out. I also uploaded to GED.COM & the same family came as a match, 3rd & 4th cousins. I contacted the DNA donor & he said he didn't know how to do it either. If there is any way you can help me figure this out I would be so grateful. Thank you in advance!

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  62. Dear Priscilla, I just wanted to thank you for your instrumental assistance re- finding my birth mother. I will always be grateful to you. Warm regards, J.M. Sorrell

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    1. So happy to be of help. Thank you for writing.

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