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NYS Authorized Voluntary Agencies

I.S.R.R  International Soundex Reunion Registry
http://www.plumsite.com/isrr/

New York State Adoption Information Registry

http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/adoption.htm

ABBOTT HOUSE
100 North Broadway
Irvington, NY 10533
Ms. Margaret Millman
914-591-3200-ext.103

ADOPTION & COUNSELING SERVICES, INC.

One Fayette Park
Syracuse, NY 13202
Mrs. Mary Louise Hartenstein
315-471-0109

ANGEL GUARDIAN HOME
6301 12th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Ms. Katiana Simon
718-232-1500 ext. 257

ABC/VARIETY HOUSE
404 East 91 Street
New York, NY 10128
Ms. Maria Muzzio
212-369-2010

ASTOR HOME FOR CHILDREN
Box 5005
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Ms. Johanna Shafer
914-876-4081

BAKER VICTORY SERVICES

790 Ridge Road
Lackawanna, NY 14218
Ms. Judy O'Mara
716-828-9510

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES

Warwick Reformed Church
16 Maple Avenue
Warwick, NY 10990
Ms. Nancy Dykstra
914-987-1453

BROOKWOOD CHILD CARE

25 Washington Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Ms. Charlotte Ehrman
718-596-5555 ext. 510

CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY SCHOOL/HOME

2 Holland Avenue
White Plains, NY 10603
Mr. Zane Garfein
914-997-8000

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO

525 Washington Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
Ms. Mary Horigan
716-856-4494

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CORTLAND

33-35 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Ms. Linda Christy
607-756-5992

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF OGDENSBURG
716 Caroline Street, Box 296
Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0296
Sister Rita Gleason
315-393-2660
or
380 Arlington Street
Watertown, NY 13601
Sister Gabriel Marie
315-788-4330
or
105 West Main Street, Box 385
Malone, NY 12953
Mrs. Elizabeth Salzer
518-483-1460

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF PLATTSBURGH

151 South Catherine Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Ms. Lise Davidson
518-561-0470

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF OSWEGO
181 West 2nd Street
Oswego, NY 13126
Mr. Gerry Foreman
315-343-9540

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SYRACUSE
Family Division
1654 West Onondaga Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
Ms. Mary Anne Baldwin
315-424-1871

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ROME
212 West Liberty Street
Rome, NY 13440
Ms. Marge Griffen
315-337-8600

CATHOLIC FAMILY CENTER
Post Adoption Services
Attn: Kathy Brown, Post Placement Supervisor 25 Franklin Street
Sibley Tower Building
Rochester, NY 14604
716-262-7078 or 546-7220
(For Monroe County, Rochester, NY) (*aka Catholic Charities of
Rochester Adoption Services

CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SOCIETY OF NY

1011 First Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Ms. Barbara Peck
212-371-1000 ext. 2340

CATHOLIC HOME BUREAU

1011 First Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Ms. Rosemarie Gargiulo
212-371-1000

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF BROOME COUNTY

232 Main Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Ms. Margaret Peters
607-729-9166

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF UTICA/SYRACUSE

1408 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502
Ms. Patricia Krause
315-724-2158

CENTRAL BROOKLYN COORDINATING COUNCIL

1958 Fulton Street, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Ms. Gloria Neblett
718-778-1400

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE

107 Statler Towers
Suite 555, 5th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14202
Ms. Marjorie Connors
716-856-3802

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES

678 West Onondaga Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
Ms. Kimberly Boswell
315-474-4291

CHILD DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT CORPORATION

352-358 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-398-2050

CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY

150 East 45 Street
New York, NY 10017
Ms. Cynthia Terrell
212-949-4955

CHILDREN'S HOME OF KINGSTON

26 Grove Street
Kingston, NY 12401
Ms. Laurie Smith
914-331-1448

CHILDREN'S HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE
91 Fulton Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Ms. Janet E. Giudice
914-452-1420

CHILDREN'S VILLAGE
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Ms. Michelle Saich
914-693-0600-ext 1400

COALITION FOR HISPANIC FAMILY SERVICES
315 Wyckoff Avenue, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Ms. Sonia Rodriguez
718-497-6090

COMMUNITY MATERNITY SERVICES

27 North Main Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Sister Mary Ann LoGiudice
518-438-2322

CONCORD FAMILY SERVICES

1313 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Ms. Luz Liburd
718-398-3499

DOWNEY SIDE FAMILIES FOR YOUTH

P.O. Box 2139
New York, NY 10003
Fr. Paul Engel, O.F.M. Cap.
212-629-8599

EDWIN GOULD SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
41 East 11 Street
New York, NY 10003
Ms. Suzy Sanford
212-598-0051 ext. 279

EPISCOPAL MISSION SOCIETY
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011-4607
Ms. Stephanie Scott
212-675-1000 ext. 377

FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF BROOME COUNTY
257 Main Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Ms. Marilyn Furrow
607-729-6206

FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ITHACA
204 North Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ms. Nancy Dytman
607-273-7494

FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF SCHENECTADY INC.
246 Union Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
Ms. Carol Huggard
518-393-1369

FAMILY CONNECTIONS
20 Hyatt Street
Cortland, NY 13045
Ms. Anita Stevens
607-756-6574

FAMILY FOCUS
54-40 Little Neck Parkway
Suite #3
Little Neck, NY 11362
Ms. Maris Blechner
718-224-1919

Family Service of Rochester, NY
Laura Glasner, SW
30 N. Clinton
Rochester, NY 14604
716-232-1840, ext 697-voicemail (or her secretary, Beverly Decker,
716-232-1840, ext 404
*Martha DeLane, VP Community Services, (supervisor to Laura Glasner)
716-232-1840, ext 214
FAMILY SERVICE OF UTICA
401 Columbia Street
Suite 201
Utica, NY 13502
Ms. Anna May Near
315-735-2236

FAMILY SERVICE OF WESTCHESTER, INC.

One Summit Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
Ms. Linda Durrani
914-948-8004

FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS UNLIMITED
2530 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10458
Ms. Diane Lindsey
718-220-5400 ext. 331

FAMILY TREE
1743 Route 9
Clifton Park, NY 12065
Ms. Lucinda Fronk
Ms. Dianna Donaldson
518-371-1336

FORESTDALE, INC.
67-35 112 Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Ms. Natalie Barnwell
718-263-0740

FRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF WESTERN NY
90 Dona Street
Lackawanna, NY 14218
Ms. Shiryl Mensah
716-826-1500

FROM THE HEART
145 North Main Street
Mechanicville, NY 12118-1619
Ms. Janice Berguon
518-664-9816

GRAHAM-WINDHAM
33 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
Ms. Michelle Wiseman
212-529-6445 ext. 384

GREEN CHIMNEYS
Putnam Lake Road
Caller Box 719
Brewster, NY 10509-0719
Mr. Herbert Leventon
914-279-2996 ext. 231

HARLEM DOWLING CHILDREN'S SERVICES

2090 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Ms. Rubye Bullock
212-749-3656

HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES
191 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Ms. Francine List
718-330-0639

HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER, Post Adoption Services
(* Post Adoption Services / holds records for The Rochester Female
Association for the Relief of Orphan and Destitute Children, Rochester
Orphan Asylum, Door of Hope Association, Rochester Community Home for
Girls, Rochester Maternal and Adoption Services, Northaven Adoption
Agency, Hillside Home for Children, & finally Hillside Children's
Center [Northaven was formally taken over by Hillside Children's
Center when the two organizations merged in 1976) (* as many people
DON'T know (or can't find) who hold these records now, or who to
contact. This will cover needed info from the 1950s-present in that
agency's name/history).
Attn: Ms. Marge Stevens, SW -Post Adoption Services
1337 E. Main Street
Rochester, NY 14609
716-654-4528

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE AMERICAN BRANCH, INC.
95 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-532-5858

JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES
120 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Ms. Susan Minsberg
212-582-9100

JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Mr. Ira Kaufman
212-371-1313

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY

70 Barker Street
Buffalo, NY 14209
Dr. David M. Gersh
716-883-1914

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER
441 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Ms. Shula Meyerowitz
716-461-0110 ext 120

LAKESIDE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES

185 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Mr. John Mullarkey
718-237-9700

LDS SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK
2 Jefferson Street, #205
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Mr. Steve Sunday
914-485-2755

LEAKE & WATTS CHILDREN'S HOME

463 Hawthorne Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10705
Ms. Miriam Rosenberg-Sica
914-963-5220

LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN'S SERVICES
186 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Ms. Arvis Jenkins
718-875-3500 ext. 640

LOUISE WISE SERVICES

12 East 94 Street
New York, NY 10128
Closed - Records have been transferred to Spence Chapin

LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY OF NY
2500 Kensington Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14226
Rev. Lawrence Herfurth
716-839-3391

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES, INC.

27 Park Place
Suite 400
New York, NY 10007
Ms. Lorna Greer
212-406-9110

MCMAHON SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
305 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Ms. Marilyn Peguero
212-243-7070-ext 259

MERCY HOME FOR CHILDREN
310 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Sr. Catherine Crumlish
718-467-2564

MIRACLE MAKERS, INC.
510 Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Ms. Marie Waldron
718-385-2273

MISSION OF THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN

6581 Hylan Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10309
Ms. Angela Marro
718-317-2627

Monroe County Dept. of Social Services
Attn: Mike Finn, Post Adoption Services
111 Westfall Rd Rochester, NY 14620 (716)274-6533 / 274-6502 or
274-6501 NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN
37 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
Ms. Ann Horning
212-696-1550

Nassau County Social Service

Ms. Kerry Schindler
516-571-4817

NEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES, INC.
141 Willis Avenue
Mineola, NY 1150
Mrs. Pooja Park
516-747-2204

NEW HOPE FAMILY SERVICES
3519 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13206
Ms. Judy Geyer
315-437-8300

NEW LIFE ADOPTION AGENCY
E. Genesee Street
Suite 301
Syracuse, NY 13202
Ms. Maura McLean
315-422-7300

NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL

590 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
Ms. Wendy Freund
212-633-9300

OHEL CHILDREN'S HOME & FAMILY SERVICES
4510 16th Avenue, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11204
Ms. Lisa Reich
718-851-6300

OPEN ARMS
27 Ericson Drive
Greenfield Center, NY 12833
Ms. Elise Morgenstein
518-893-7442

PARSONS CHILD & FAMILY CENTER

60 Academy Road
Albany, NY 12208
Ms. Mary Louise Baum
518-426-2600

PIUS XII YOUTH/FAMILY SERVICES

188 West 230 Street
Bronx, NY 10463
Ms. Katherine Jasper
718-562-7855

PRACA CHILD CARE
53 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Ms. Norma Guerrero
212-673-7320

RICHARD ALLEN CENTER ON LIFE

1872 Amsterdam Avenur
New York, NY 10031
Mr. Ernest Anderson
212-862-7160

ST. AUGUSTINE CENTER
1600 Filmore
Buffalo, NY 14211
Mr. Oswaldo Mestre
716-897-4110

ST. CABRINI
Rt. 9 W
West Park, NY 12493
Mr. John Hall

ST. CHRISTOPHER OTTILIE

12 Main Avenue
Sea Cliff, NY 11579
Ms. Maureen Brown
516-759-1844

ST. CHRISTOPHER OTTILIE
570 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Ms. Denise Hawkins
718-935-9466

ST. CHRISTOHPER OTTILIE
90-04 161st Street
Jamaica, NY 11432
Mr. Leroy Thomas
718-526-7533

ST. CHRISTOPHER OTTILIE
3rd Avenue & 8th Street
P.O. Box Y
Brentwood, NY 11717
Ms. Connie Eckert
516-273-2733

ST. CHRISTOPHER/JENNIE CLARKSON
71 South Broadway
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Mr. Andrew Eisenberg
914-693-3030 ext. 209

ST. DOMINICS
343 East 137 Street
Bronx, NY 10454
Mr. Paul Snellgrove
718-993-5765

ST. JOSEPHS CHILDREN'S SERVICES
540 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1982
Ms. Debra Fishkin
718-858-8700

ST. MARY'S CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES

525 Convent Road
Syosset, NY 11791
Ms. Michelle Oliveto
516-921-0808

ST. VINCENT'S SERVICES
66 Boerum Place
P.O. BOX 174
Brooklyn, NY 11202
Mr. Allen Feltman
718-522-3700 ext. 251

SALVATION ARMY FOSTER HOME

132 West 14 Street
New York, NY 10011
Ms. Marie Stoll
212-807-6100 ext. 564

SHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN SERVICES
122 East 29 Street
New York, NY 10016
Ms. Marilyn Kaufman
212-679-4242 ext. 300

SOCIETY FOR SEAMAN'S CHILDREN
25 Hyatt Street, 4th Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301
Ms. Marcia Novey
718-447-7740

SPENCE CHAPIN ADOPTION SERVICES
6 East 94 Street
New York, NY 10028
Ms. Judith Link
212-369-0300

Suffolk County Social Services

631-854-9485

TALBOT-PERKINS CHILDREN'S SERVICES
116 West 32nd Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Closed - Records are transferred to Spence Chapin

VIDA VOICE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ADOPTIONS

345 Allen Stret
Hudson, NY 12534
Dr. DeGuerre A. Blackburn
518-828-4527

PA Resources

PA Adoption Reunion Registry (PARR)