Starting
Your Search
Origins
encourages you to begin your search by doing as
much as you can yourself, and offers helpful advice
and support during the process.
- Collect
all the factual information that you can. This
would include the birth certificate, court of
jurisdiction, hospital of birth, agencies, dates,
times, attorneys, birth names, non-identifying
information, etc.
-
Early in your search, write a letter to the
person you're searching for, as well as a brief
autobiography to give them. This can help you
sort out your own motives for searching and
expectations for the reunion.
- Begin
to gather some photos of yourself at various
ages. You can use a color copier instead of
having reprints made. Photos are a welcome gift
once contact has been made. They help bring
reality to the situation, and put a face on
previously impersonal data.
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