resources. Registration at ISRR is free because of the donations made by registrants, and the time given by volunteers. Dear Abby referred to ISRR many times over the years. Each time registrations would arrive by the thousands resulting in many matches. One story is of an adoptee who registered 20 years to the day of when his birthmother's registration arrived. Both had read the same Dear Abby article. The adoptee had carried it in his wallet for twenty years. There are around 225,000 active registrations, at any given time. ISRR was paper based until 2003, when the volunteers began an imaging project that took five years to complete. Now all forms are digitized. References External links International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) Adoption reunion Adoption in the United States Public records