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How to search for birth and adoption records

We will soon be adding a series of questions and answers about your rights to access information about your origins and how to access adoption records

Visit again soon to read the new content but in the meantime you can learn about the process by watching these videos:

Listen to an expert: Search and reunion basics

Here you can watch Julia Feast answering some common questions about the process of searching for birth relatives.

Listen to an expert: Finding your birth records

Here you can watch Julia Feast explaining how to search for birth records and the information you can expect to find.

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