Find the Missing Pieces of Your History
Finding biological parents, siblings, or a child placed for adoption years ago can be an emotional process full of red tape and partial records. Our investigators combine official adoption records, public-record databases, historical documents, and genealogical research to locate family members discreetly.
Adoptees often come to us after a state records request or a consumer DNA test produced a name, a partial match, or a dead end. Birth parents come to us hoping to learn whether the child they placed is healthy and open to contact. Both deserve a careful search and a careful first approach.
Locating Relatives
We specialize in finding people from limited starting information, such as a birth date, a hospital, a surname, or a DNA match.
Record Retrieval
Helping you request and interpret state and local adoption records, birth records, and court files you are entitled to.
Compassionate Approach
We understand the emotional weight of these cases and handle any outreach with care and on your terms.
How an Adoption Search Works
Step 1
Free consultation
We listen to what you already know, review any paperwork or DNA results, and talk through what you hope happens if the person is found.
Step 2
Official records first
Where the adoption happened in Indiana, we help you use the state's adoption history program, which can release identifying information unless a birth parent has filed a contact preference restricting it.
Step 3
Research and confirmation
We research names, marriages, obituaries, and addresses from Indiana, build out family trees, and confirm the right person before anything else happens.
Step 4
A careful first contact
You choose how contact happens: you reach out yourself, we make a discreet first approach, or we stop at a report. We respect a no-contact preference on file.
What You Receive
A private written report with the identity and current contact information we confirmed, the records and reasoning behind the match, and any relatives identified along the way. If the search does not reach a confirmed person, the report says so and lists the strongest remaining leads.
What's Legal in Indiana
Private investigator firms in Indiana are licensed under Indiana Code IC 25-30 by the Private Investigator and Security Guard Licensing Board. Our license is PI22500020, and you can confirm it on the Indiana license search. Indiana adoption records are released through the Indiana Department of Health adoption history program, and birth parents may file a contact preference stating whether, and how, they want to be contacted.
We work only from lawful sources and records you are entitled to. We do not pretext agencies, hospitals, or courts for sealed files, and we will not pressure anyone into contact. Some sealed court records can only be opened by a judge, and we will tell you when that is the right path.
Who It's For
Adult adoptees, birth parents, siblings separated by adoption, families tracing medical history, and attorneys handling adoption-related estate or probate questions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you find my birth parents if my adoption records are sealed?
Often, yes. Indiana now releases many adoption records through its adoption history program, and genealogical research and DNA matches can fill gaps. If a court order is the only way into a file, we tell you that.
What if my birth parent does not want contact?
We respect it. If a no-contact preference is on file or the person declines, we will not keep pushing. Your report can still include the non-identifying and medical information available to you.
Will you contact the person for me?
Only if you want us to. Many clients prefer a discreet first approach by a neutral third party; others want to reach out themselves. You decide.
Can a birth parent hire you to find a child placed for adoption?
Yes. Birth parents can hire us, and the same care applies. An adult adoptee's wishes about contact are respected.
Begin Your Search
Share whatever you have, even a single name or date, and we will tell you honestly what a search can do. Start with a free consultation. We'll give you a quote on that call once we understand what you need.
Cheshire Investigation Agency is licensed in Indiana (Private Investigator License #PI22500020), headquartered in Greenville, Indiana (Floyd County), and a member of INspi and NCISS. Call (812) 364-1466.