| The History of G'S Adoption Registry page #1 of 1 |
| The History of G'S Adoption Registry |
1998
10-12-1998 We started this website as a tool to help my wife, Danna, find her birth family and her medical history. We had looked at other web pages and there were good ones out there but most were a struggle to use. There were often costs associated with the search.
We made a lot of mistakes as we searched for her birth family, and we thought that there had to be another way. We decided to build this site to find her birth parents, birth family, medical history and also, to have a resource for others who were at various stages in their journey.
The registry first started out with Minnesota births. That only lasted for a year and then we got the first request to add a new state. Before long we had all of the states in the USA.
Added Minnesota 10-12-1998
Total for 1998 $0.00 Donations Total for 1998 Balance -$2,087.97
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1999
First FOUND from web page FOUND #1
Added California 10-7-1999
Added Arkansas 10-13-1999
Added Maryland 10-13-1999
Added New York 10-13-1999
Added Ohio 10-13-1999
Added Pennsylvania 10-13-1999
Added Texas 10-13-1999
Added Indiana 10-28-1999
Added New Jersey 10-28-1999
Added New Hampshire 11-11-1999
Added Virginia 12-19-1999
Total for 1999 $0.00 Donations Total for 1999 Balance -$5,214.72
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2000
FOUND #5 & #4 FOUND & Removed for the year.
Added Florida 2-6-2000
Added Massachusetts 3-28-2000
Added Louisiana 4-3-2000
Added Iowa 6-3-2000
Added Washington 6-15-2000
Added Illinois 6-28-2000
Added Utah 7-30-2000
Added Oregon 9-5-2000
Added Connecticut 9-8-2000
Added District Of Columbia 10-8-2000
Added Washington, DC 10-8-2000
Added Maine 12-30-2000
Total for 2000 $0.00 Donations Total for 2000 Balance -$5,978.13
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2001
FOUND #14 & #9 FOUND & Removed for the year.
Added Colorado 3-5-2001
Added Wisconsin 3-25-2001
Added Missouri 10-18-2001
Added Oklahoma 11-26-2001
Added Idaho 12-17-2001
Added North Carolina 12-18-2001
Total for 2001 $0.00 Donations Total for 2001 Balance -$5,279.13
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2002
We added the Search Angel Page first Search Angels where Patti Carter she helped in all States and Vivian she helped in Ohio only. Both joined same day. By 12-31-2002 Search Angel page had 5 Volunteers
We added Germany and Canada as searching countries. Since then we have added many countries and the list has grown to an impressive "United Searching Community".
FOUND #125 & #111 FOUND & Removed for the year.
Added Germany 2-10-2002
Added Canada 3-28-2002
Added Delaware 3-29-2002Added Georgia 4-15-2002
Added Tennessee 4-20-2002
Added Kansas 5-28-2002
Added Michigan 5-29-2002
Added Rhode Island 5-29-2002
Added South Carolina 5-31-2002
Added Mississippi 6-5-2002
Added North Dakota 6-12-2002
Added Vermont 6-20-2002
Added Nebraska 6-22-2002
Added Hawaii 6-24-2002
Added Alaska 6-30-2002
Added Kentucky 7-16-2002
Added Montana 7-20-2002
Added Arizona 7-27-2002
Added Puerto Rico 7-31-2002
Added Nevada 8-8-2002
Added Chile 8-9-2002
Added Philippines 8-11-2002
Added New Mexico 8-27-2002
Added Alabama 9-4-2002
Added Unknown 9-4-2002
Added West Virginia 9-11-2002
Added South Dakota 9-15-2002
Added Wyoming 9-17-2002
We had #10,043 New Searches from 1-1-2002 to 12-31-2002
Total for 2002 $0.00 Donations Total for 2002 Balance -$5,279.13
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2003
We found Danna's birth mother. It was not an easy process to locate her, but it was rewarding when we did. It takes a lot of leg work in some cases to get a "found" and our case required a lot of leg work. It was a great experience.
Added New Zealand 7-1-2003
Search Angel Page had 21 Volunteers as of 12-31-2003
FOUND #328 & #203 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #8,738 New Searches from 1-1-2003 to 12-31-2003
Total for 2003 $0.00 Donations Total for 2003 Balance -$6,278.13
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2004
First contact 1-3-2004 with Danna's birth mother our entire family, including Danna's adoptive father and our children went along to the first meeting. We met in a safe place for all - a restaurant.
Added France 5-20-2004
Added United Kingdom England 11-26-2004
Search Angel Page had 36 Volunteers as of 12-31-2004
FOUND #523 & #195 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #10,739 New Searches from 1-1-2004 to 12-31-2004
Total for 2004 $0.00 Donations Total for 2004 Balance -$5,428.13
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2005
Search Angel Page had 70 Volunteers as of 12-31-2005
Added Peru 5-28-2005
Added Greece 10-14-2005
FOUND #745 & #222 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #7,412 New Searches from 1-1-2005 to 12-31-2005
Total for 2005 $0.00 Donations Total for 2005 Balance -$5,279.13
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2006
From 1-1-2006 to 12-31-2006, G'S had FOUNDs in 38 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 12 states in the USA, without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1928 to 1988.
We changed the name to G'S Adoption Registry. Our focus had stopped being just the searching community in the USA back in 2002 and the name change made sense....And it was shorter to type. :-)
Added Costa Rica 4-20-2006
Search Angel Page had 96 Volunteers as of 12-31-2006
FOUND #1033 & #288 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #7,586 New Searches from 1-1-2006 to 1-31-2006
Total for 2006 $0.00 Donations Total for 2006 Balance -$8,250.54 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2007
From 1-1-2007 to 12-31-2007, G'S had FOUNDs in 49 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 1 states in the USA, without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1926 to 1990.
1-1-2007 G'S Adoption Registry Search Angel Team is Created
1-31-2007.....A day that changed our families life forever and a sad day for the searching community. Danna, The love of my life and the light of many, passed away suddenly at the age of 43. Sadly, her birth father or birth brother have not been located. I have decided to dedicate my life to this registry in her memory, this is not a job for me, It is a passion.
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| Many pictures of Danna's life click on link below |
Added G'S' Chit Chat Club 3-4-2007 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gssearchangels/gschitchatclub.html
Added Korea 7-17-2007
On 10-1-2007 we moved web page to its new home last page moved 10-19-2007 FOUND #1509 Old Web Page.
On 8-11-2007 We added Message Board to web page
On 10-1-2007 1,500 FOUND & Removed
Added Viet Nam 12-1-2007
Added Japan 12-9-2007
Over 8,500 Form Updates from 1-1-2007 to 12-31-2007
Search Angel Page had 123 Volunteers as of 12-31-2007
FOUND #1581 & #548 FOUND & Removed for the year. 1-1-2007 to 12-31-2007
We had #23,244 New Searches from 1-1-2007 to 12-31-2007
Total Donations for 2007 $242.00 Balance -$5,210.22 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2008
From 1-1-2008 to 12-31-2008, G'S had FOUNDs in 44 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 6 states in the USA, without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1900 to 1990.
On 1-9-2008 we added live chat to web page
On 1-12-2008 #1,600 FOUND & Removed
On 1-28-2008 Added Search Angels & Supporting Cast Memorials page http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/searchangelmemorials.html
Added Italy 2-11-2008
On 3-17-2008 #1,700 FOUND & Removed
On 3-25-2008 Certificate of Incorporation State of Minnesota
On 5-30-2008 #1,800 FOUND & Removed
On 8-19-2008 Marjorie Ann Olson passed away at the age of 70 this was Danna's Birth Mother she was born 11-16-1937. Sadly, Danna's birth father or birth brother have not been located yet.
On 9-17-2008 #1,900 FOUND & Removed.
On 9-19-2008 we have posted are 13,000 form we have over 1,908 FOUND & Removed.
Added Fiji 10-10-2008
On 10-19-2008 #1,937 FOUND & Removed.Added Mexico 11-6-2008On 12-4-2008 We added Search Angels Hall of Fame page http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/searchangelhalloffame.html
On 12-21-2008 #2,000 FOUND & Removed. 12-21-2008 Danna's birth brother finally FOUND after almost 6 years of searching for him FOUND #2,000Search Angel Page had 135 Volunteers as of 12-31-2008FOUND #2007 as of 12-31-2008 #426 FOUND & Removed for the year. 1-1-2008 to 12-31-200813,783 Forms posted as of 12-31-20082,960 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2008 to 12-31-2008We had #67,447 New Searches from 1-1-2008 to 12-31-2008Total Donations for 2008 $1,179.97 Balance -$3,530.15 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2009
From 1-1-2009 to 12-31-2009, G'S had FOUNDs in 37 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 13 states in the USA without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1925 to 1991.
On 1-31-2009 we posted are 14,000 form we have over 2,049 FOUND & Removed.
On 3-3-2009 #2,100 FOUND & Removed.
On 5-8-2009 #2,200 FOUND & Removed.
On 8-6-2009 #2,300 FOUND & Removed.
On 12-6-2009 #2,400 FOUND & Removed.
Search Angel Page had 76 Volunteers as of 12-31-2009
FOUND #2421 as of 12-31-2009 #414 FOUND & Removed for the year. + #258 FOUND one parent or sibling and changed form to search for another. plus many of the 414 where more then one FOUND we FOUND both parents and siblings.
2,569 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2009 to 12-31-2009
16,342 Forms posted as of 12-31-2009
We had #67,034 New Searches from 1-1-2009 to 12-31-2009
Total Donations for 2009 $1,097.70 Balance -$4,094.24 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2010
From 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2010, G'S had FOUNDs in 42 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 8 states in the USA, with out a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1896 to 1992.
On 1-26-2010 Heather Dodd Started G'S Adoption Registry's Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/GS-Adoption-Registry-270114092156/
Added Homestead Registry 2-4-2010
Added South Korea 3-3-2010
On 3-11-2010 #2,500 FOUND & Removed.
On 3-25-2010 G'S posted it's 17,000 form.
On 3-25-2010 We have a new way to support G'S! http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsstore.html
Visit our new store (donated courtesy of Creative Ad Solutions, Inc.)
On 4-19-2010 Kathleen Bradley ordered the first two G'S T-Shirts from the New G'S Store http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsstore.html
On 5-24-2010 #2,600 FOUND & Removed.
On 8-15-2010 G'S Posted it's 18,000 form.
On 8-18-2010 #2,700 FOUND & Removed.
Added South Africa 11-3-2010
Added Veil Adoptees Registry 11-24-2010
On 11-30-2010 #2,800 FOUND & Removed.
Added Kuwait 12-22-2010
FOUND #2836 as of 12-31-2010 #415 FOUND & Removed for the year.
2,430 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2010
18,771 Forms posted as of 12-31-2010
Search Angel Page had 99 Volunteers as of 12-31-2010 only 64 of them Active with ***** left. 35 of them off Temporally.
We had #73,453 New Searches from 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2010
Total Donations for 2010 $2,455.99 Balance -$2,625.69 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2011
From 1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011, G'S had FOUNDs in 46 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 4 states in the USA, with out a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1933 to 1993.
Added Blackmarket & Graymarket Victims Registry 1-4-2011
On 2-2-2011 G'S Posted it's 19,000 form.
Added Katherine Cole Adoption Registry 2-17-2011
On 2-26-2011 #2,900 FOUND & Removed.
Added Azores 4-6-2011
Added Helen Tanos Hope Adoption Registry 4-16-2011
Added Guam 4-27-2011
Added Hungary 5-5-2011
Added Thailand 5-16-2011
On 5-20-2011 #3,000 FOUND & Removed.
Added Austria 6-10-2011
Added Kazakhstan 6-23-2011
On 6-24-2011 G'S Posted it's 20,000 form.
Added Ireland 7-7-2011
Added Bahamas 7-28-2011
Added Seymour Kurtz's Adoption Registry 8-8-2011
On 8-21-2011 #3,100 FOUND & Removed.
Added Portugal 10-7-2011
On 11-6-2011 G'S Posted it's 21,000 form.
On 11-25-2011 #3,200 FOUND & Removed.
2,562 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011
FOUND #3238 as of 12-31-2011 #402 FOUND & Removed for the year.
21,333 Forms posted as of 12-31-2011
Search Angel Page had 74 Volunteers as of 12-31-2011 only 51 of them Active with ***** left. 48 of them off Temporally.
Over 48.425 e-mails four year 1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011
We had #99,643 New Searches from 1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011
Total Donations for 2011 $2,782.58 Balance -$2,914.25 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2012
From 1-1-2012 to 12-31-2012, G'S had FOUNDs in 40 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 10 states in the USA, with out a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1924 to 1994.
Added Bangladesh 1-6-2012
Added Sri Lanka 1-25-2012
On 2-17-2012 #3,300 FOUND & Removed.
On 5-25-2012 #3,400 FOUND & Removed.
On 9-25-2012 #3,500 FOUND & Removed.
On 11-26-2012 #300 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2012 to 11-26-2012
Over 32.335 e-mails four year 1-1-2012 to 12-31-2012
1,694 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2012 to 12-31-2012
Search Angel Page had 64 Volunteers as of 12-31-2012 only 40 of them Active with ***** left. 20 of them off Temporally.
23,027 Forms posted as of 12-31-2012
FOUND #3573 as of 12-31-2012 #334 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #110,168 New Searches from 1-1-2012 to 12-31-2012
Total Donations for 2012 $1,990.26 as of 12-31-2012 Balance -$3.630.14 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2013
From 1-1-2013 to 12-31-2013, G'S had FOUNDs in 43 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Leaving only 7 states in the USA, with out a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1916 to 1995.
On 1-23-2013 #3,600 FOUND & Removed.
On 4-14-2013 #3,700 FOUND & Removed.
Added Yugoslavia on 6-16-2013
Added Russia on 7-21-2013
On 8-8-2013 #3,800 FOUND & Removed.
On 8-28-2013 we added new form to site to stop bad forms with spam on them.
Added China on 9-26-2013
Added Switzerland on 10-7-2013
On 11-25-2013 #300 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2013 to 11-25-2013
On 12-28-2013 #3,900 FOUND & Removed.
Over 28,633 e-mails four year 1-1-2013 to 12-31-2013
1,820 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2013 to 12-31-2013
Search Angel Page had 68 Volunteers as of 12-31-2013 only 44 of them Active with ***** left. 33 of them off Temporally.
24,847 Forms posted as of 12-31-2013
FOUND #3901 as of 12-31-2013 #328 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #115,794 New Searches from 1-1-2013 to 12-31-2013
Total Donations for 2013 $2,584.89 as of 12-31-2013 Balance -$5,642.19 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
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2014
From 1-1-2014 to 12-31-2014, G'S had FOUNDs in 40 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Plus 8 States had at least 1 1/2 FOUND, Leaving only 2 states in the USA without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1925 to 1995.
On 1-31-2014 we posted #25,000 form to our site.
On 4-17-2014 #4,000 FOUND & Removed.
On 4-17-2014 #100 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2014 to 4-17-2014
Added Marshall Islands 8-21-2014
On 9-6-2014 #4,100 FOUND & Removed.
On 10-18-2014 we posted #26,000 form to our site.
Search Angel Page had 73 Volunteers as of 12-31-2014 only 42 of them Active with ***** left. 22 of them off Temporally.
26,262 Forms posted as of 12-31-2014
FOUND #4170 as of 12-31-2014 #269 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #111,621 New Searches from 1-1-2014 to 12-31-2014
Total Donations for 2014 $2,517.20 as of 1-1-2015 Balance -$2,933.52 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
1,415 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2014 to 12-31-2014
Over 20,323 e-mails four year 1-1-2014 to 12-31-2014
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2015
From 1-1-2015 to 12-31-2015, G'S had FOUNDs in 42 States, plus District Of Columbia & Washington, DC. Plus 8 States had at least 1 1/2 FOUND, Leaving only 2 states in the USA without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1932 to 1995.
On 1-26-2015 #4,200 FOUND & Removed.
Added Territories of the United States 3-11-2015
On 3-18-2015 #100 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2015 to 3-18-2015
On 4-24-2015 #4,300 FOUND & Removed.
On 6-1-2015 we removed live chat off web page due to too many problems with it.
On 6-26-2015 at 10:16 p.m. lost most of the info for 2015 and all info on 6-1-2015 to 6-30-2015. Computer Got sabatashed, but working on getting everything I can back up and running as fast as possible went out 6-26-2015 at 10:16 p.m. from major virus just got it back 7-8-2015 with any files they could save from 2 hard drives.
On 7-8-2015 #200 FOUND & Removed for the year 3-19-2015 to 7-8-2015
On 7-24-2015 Michele MacEachern set up a gofundme page to help G'S site http://www.gofundme.com/gsadoptionregistry
On 8-18-2015 #4,400 FOUND & Removed.
On 9-25-2015 Justin R created G'S Adoption Registry's Twitter page https://twitter.com/GSAdoptionReg
On 11-23-2015 #300 FOUND & Removed for the year 7-8-2015 to 11-23-2015
On 12-4-2015 #4,500 FOUND & Removed.
Over 26,828 e-mails four year 1-1-2015 to 12-31-2015 On File
1,586 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2015 to 12-31-2015
Total Donations for 2015 $2,968.89 Balance -$3,190.39 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
Search Angel Page had 74 Volunteers as of 12-31-2015 only 41 of them Active with ***** left. 29 of them off Temporally.
FOUND #4513 as of 12-31-2015 #343 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #122,507 New Searches from 1-1-2015 to 12-31-2015
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2016
From 1-1-2016 to 12-31-2016, G'S had FOUNDs in 39 States, Plus 10 States had at least 1 1/2 FOUND, Leaving only 1 state in the USA without a FOUND, that was reported. FOUNDs were from 1914 to 1998.
Added Argentina 2-6-2016
On 3-23-2016 #4,600 FOUND & Removed.
On 3-30-2016 #100 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2016 to 3-30-2016
On 5-30-2016 G'S set up a plumfund page to help G'S site http://www.plumfund.com/charity-fundraising/gs-adoption-registry
Added Belgium on 6-20-2016
On 7-1-2016 #4,700 FOUND & Removed.
On 7-19-2016 #200 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2016 to 7-19-2016
Added Namibia 11-16-2016
On 11-1-2016 Added New Search Angel Teams 1a & 1b.
On 11-2-2016 #300 FOUND & Removed for the year 1-1-2016 to 11-2-2016
On 11-21-2016 #4,800 FOUND & Removed.
Added Israel 12-5-2016
1,427 New Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2016 to 12-31-2016
Total Donations for 2016 $3,034.65 Balance -$3,124.65 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gsdonations.html
Search Angel Page had 81 Volunteers as of 12-31-2016 only 34 of them Active with ***** left. 2 of them off Temporally.
FOUND #4862 as of 12-31-2016 #349 FOUND & Removed for the year.
We had #122,413 New Searches from 1-1-2016 to 12-31-2016
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2019
Added Ukraine 11-16-2019
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2020
On 7-31-2020 we posted #33,000 form to our site
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Total Searches 1-1-2022 to 12-31-2022 #19,348
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