Emma authored Heritage and Legacy: Town of Kearny, New Jersey in 1967 and a booklet titled Handbook for the Search in 1973 which was originally distributed to members of ALMA Society and then later by TRIADOPTION® Publications.
In addition, Vilardi served as a mentor to many, with her expertise in genealogy research utilized to assist persons seeking reunion with family from whom they had been separated.
She served on the planning committees which created the American Adoption Congress (AAC) and was an original signer to the 1981 incorporation.
Dear Abby wrote a number of responses referring her readers to ISRR beginning in 1983, because after speaking with Vilardi many times, Abigail VanBuren was supportive of the neutral position the registry provided.
[1] Vilardi was involved with the offices of Senator Carl Levin in his numerous attempts to create a federally support registry.