Adoptee Searcher's Handbook

Updated July 28,2005

Provincial Information

THE EAST

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

NEW BRUNSWICK Post Adoption Disclosure Services Department of Health and Community Services P.O. Box 5100 Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5G8 http://www.gnb.ca/0017/assess-e.asp (506) 453-2949
SEARCH TIP Provincial Archives has School Board Trustees Reports with names of students who have been enrolled in all schools in the province. N.B. Adoption Law Post Adoption Services Parent Finders Registry - on line!	Cemetery Listings Cemeteries on Line Provincial Archives Vital Statistics to 1981 (note: this links leads to all gov't archives on line - worth checking for any government records.)
NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR Post Adoption Services for information, to register and get a search request form. Dept. Social Services, Box 8700 Confederate Building St. Johns, Newfoundland, A1B 4J6 Tel: (709) 729-3506 Statement of Law and proposed changes
Post Adoption Registration Form Post Adoption Services TRIAD ON LINE Everything you want to know about Newfoundland adoption, laws, support. Four Star Site useful for anyone from anywhere!! Now have registry and list of names to look through Provincial Archives List of Links for Family History	Cemetery Index Cemetery Records Cemetery Listings Downhomer magazine goes out to Newfoundlanders world wide.
NOVA SCOTIA Adoption Disclosure Service Program Department of Community Services P.O. Box 696 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T7 (902) 424-2755
Adoption Disclosure Act Archives Bill 17 (amended adoption bill 1999) Census on Microfilm Family and Children's Aid Societies Genealogical Resources Lunenburg Co.genealogy & Information Nova Scotia Genweb	Provincial Adoption Registry St. Joseph's Orphanage, Halifax Vital Statistics Home of the "Butterbox Babies" The list of Survivors from the Ideal Maternity Home is growing as survivors from all over Canada and the United States are coming into contact with the group. They are also desperately searching for BIRTH MOTHERS, SIBLINGS, OR ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF BIRTH FAMILIES AS WELL AS ADOPTEES who were connected with the Ideal Maternity Home in any way. If you have information please contact them through the website. This site does not seem to be working at the moment. Other Information
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PEI has dropped user fees Post- Adoption Services 16 Garfield Street Charlottetown, PEI C1A 6A5 (902) 368-6139
Archives Churches and Cemeteries Island Register - Excellent site for family history Parent Finders P.E.I. Post- Adoption Services(statement of law)	P.E.I. Registry (Lost Angels) Genealogy Forum - searchable, names Regional Archives

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