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| 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 our own site to find her birth family, 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 week or two and then we got the first request to add a new state. Before long we had all of the states in the USA.
1999
First FOUND from web page FOUND #1
2000
FOUND #5 #4 FOUND & Removed for the year.
2001
FOUND #14 #9 FOUND & Removed for the year.
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.
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.
Search Angel Page had 21 Volunteers as of 12-31-2003
FOUND #328 #203 FOUND & Removed for the year.
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.
Search Angel Page had 36 Volunteers as of 12-31-2004
FOUND #523 #195 FOUND & Removed for the year.
2005
Search Angel Page had 70 Volunteers as of 12-31-2005
FOUND #745 #222 FOUND & Removed for the year.
2006
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. :-)
Search Angel Page had 96 Volunteers as of 12-31-2006
FOUND #1033 #288 FOUND & Removed for the year.
Total for Donations 1998 to 2006 $0.00 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gshomepage/gsdonations.html
2007
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.
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
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 1-31-2007
Total Donations for 2007 $242.00 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gshomepage/gsdonations.html
2008
On 1-9-2008 we added live chat to web page
On 1-12-2008 #1,600 FOUND & Removed
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.
On 10-19-2008 #1,937 FOUND & Removed.
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 #2,000
Search Angel Page had 135 Volunteers as of 12-31-2008
FOUND #2007 as of 12-31-2008 #426 FOUND & Removed for the year. 1-1-2008 to 1-31-2008
13,780 Forms posted as of 12-31-2008
2,969 Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2008 to 1-31-2008
Over 9,000 Form Updates from 1-1-2008 to 12-31-2008
Total Donations for 2008 $1,179.97 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gshomepage/gsdonations.html
2009
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.
2,567 Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2009 to 1-31-2009
16,347 Forms posted as of 12-31-2009
Over 10,050 Form Updates from 1-1-2009 to 12-31-2009
Total Donations for 2009 $1,097.70 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gshomepage/gsdonations.html
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! www.gs.creativeadstore.com
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 www.gs.creativeadstore.com
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.
On 11-30-2010 #2,800 FOUND & Removed.
FOUND #2836 as of 12-31-2010 #415 FOUND & Removed for the year.
2,430 Forms posted for the year. 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2010
18,777 Forms posted as of 12-31-2010
Over 10,950 Form Updates from 1-1-2010 to 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.
Total Donations for 2010 $2,455.99 http://www.gsadoptionregistry.com/gshomepage/gsdonations.html
2011
On 2-2-2011 G'S Posted it's 19,000 form.
On 2-26-2011 #2,900 FOUND & Removed.
On 5-20-2011 #3,000 FOUND & Removed.
On 6-24-2011 G'S Posted it's 20,000 form.
On 8-21-2011 #3,100 FOUND & Removed.
On 11-6-2011 G'S Posted it's 21,000 form.
On 11-25-2011 #3,200 FOUND & Removed.
2,562 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.
21,339 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 48.416 e-mails four year 1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011
Over 11,059 Form Updates from 1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011
2012
On ?-?-2012 #3,300 FOUND & Removed.
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Volunteers and donation supported only:
Since the start of this registry this has been a volunteer supported site and funded solely thru donations.
This registry has had many great volunteers helping thru out the years.
Our team of Search Angels has helped so many find so much.
Whether they have helped to unite a family, or to answer questions along the way,
they have been there - like a guiding light to offer support, resources and sometimes
just a person on the other end of an email - who knows what it is to search.
We do it all without charging anyone.. anything.
We do appreciate you reading our story and your support.
Many have asked - and I will let it remain a mystery - but the hint is that "G'S" does not stand for Gary Schaefer.
This site is a non-profit, completely donation funded site.
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