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Obituary Information from various newspapers and databases The Birthmother Tree Orphan Voyage Memorials Allen County, Indiana Searchable Data Files Including Fort Wayne & Allen County Obituaries, 1841-1900. American Friend Obituary IndexOnline searchable database from the Quaker magazine from 1894 to 1960. American Jewish Year Book Obituary Index Ancestor Obituaries of Coshocton ~ Coshocton County, Ohio. 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Janet's Adoption Links. Julie's Search and reunion Resources Karen's Place in Cyberspace Karen's Home Page KarenTA's Missing or Lost Family and Freinds MsKatLady's Adoption Page KKay's Adoption Corner(more great links) Kay's Adoption Poetry A MidWinter Knights Dream (Kim Antell's Page) Lainie's Adoption Page Tigger's Haven (Lyn's Page) Mari's PlaceGreat page with alot of links Mark & Cyndi's Family TreeLots of helpful stuff. Michele Rice's Homepage(reunited families,and more links). Mike's Adoption and Related Information Page Missy's Adoption Corner Mitsue and Chou Chou's Page Nina's Page Rita's Homepage Sara's "Are you Searching?" Page. Skye's Corner on adopting.org Susan's Corner Stina's Webpage (are you adopted?) Sylvia's NY Adoption Page TLC Rose's Adoption Garden Torski's Page Wendy Dorriety's Page Want to be a Birthmother E-Pal Search Engine searches on Adoption (already setup to search for Adoption) EXCITE adoption search sites RootsWeb This site is fantastic for searches INFOSEEK LYCOS 1st Search YAHOO GOOGLE *Here are some searchers, searching companies etc. Adopted? (searcher) P.I. 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