Finding Birth Father

In all the materials available about search and reunion, the vast majority deal with adoptees and birthmothers. It isn't often that we find information or stories about finding birth fathers. This is, no doubt, because that's where search starts - with the woman who carried us for the term of the pregnancy, rather than with the man who we aren't quite sure really supported the adoption or even knew about it.

However, once we start a search and obtain the name of our birth father, either from documents or from our birthmother, searching for him can be relatively easy in that unlike women, men don't change their last names, so the search comes down to using the best tools to finding him. Some of these "people-finding tools" include:

Ameridex
Perform your own database searches. $50. registration fee, applied to search charges.

AnyWho.com
From AT&T, this offers directory searches, reverse lookups, and more.

Four11 at Yahoo
Web-wide email, phone, and address lookup service.

InfoSpace
Phone and address searchable database, reverse phone and address, and email search anywhere in the US, Canada, and several European countries.

infoUSA People Search
Requires a last name (full or partial) and state.

Internet @ddress Finder
Search for email addresses, the name behind the email, and add your own information.

Internet Oracle
A wide selection of people-finding tools for your search, reverse lookups, email and snail mail addresses, etc.

LocateFirst People Search Database
Type in the information you have and search results cost $6.95. Useful for those who have some name and DOB information.

locateme.com
Search databases of public records for all 50 states! Search by first name and date of birth, name, SS#, or previous address. No find - no fee.

PeopleSearch1.com
Fee-for-service searches, from the simple to the complex. Requires your Social Security number and a credit card for online ordering. Fee charged whether you find or not.

Switchboard
Find a person anywhere in the US (last name required).

The Ultimate Weapon Search
Search Merlin's access to California public record and national bankruptcy databases. $1 per search/$10 per month, and a free demo is available.

The Ultimates
One place starting point for searching via 25 well-known search engines.

WhoWhere.com
This people finding search engine from Lycos is one of the best for email, snail mail and telephone numbers.

World Wide Telephone Directories
Telephone, fax, and email directories from all over the world.