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adoptions in 1929

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Geraldine

Geraldine Report 1 Aug 2007 07:02

Hi Sharon You have no need to go to the FRC in London if you have the name of the birth parents. . You can trawl the births and order the original birth certificate online. Cheers Gerry

Sharon

Sharon Report 31 Jul 2007 16:12

Thank you everyone for your help and advice. I know what her adoptive name was and the names of both her birth parents (Mother & Father) and I know the name of her adopted parents - what I am trying to find is her birth name and place of birth - and I can see from your replies that this info. is only available really if I go to the Family Records Centre in London, so it may be one link in my family tree that I cannot solve, as I never go to London due to incapacity! But thank you anyway.

RStar

RStar Report 31 Jul 2007 14:18

PS: Many private adoptions took place back then, as the system wasnt as fussy. Its possible there was an informal arrangement through family/family friends, in which case records wont exist. A birth cert never changes tho, so it would still have the persons birth name and their mothers (and fathers, if they were married) name, with address at birth etc.

Geraldine

Geraldine Report 31 Jul 2007 11:57

Hi Sharon All adoptions are recorded. After a child's adoption has been granted in the Court the child is listed on the Adopted Children Register (ACR)... in their adoptive name. The index to this register is held at the Family Record Centre in London which can only be accessed in person. Unless you know the adoptive name (or part of) there is no way you can trace an adopted person. If you do know the adoptive name then you can search the index of the ACR and apply for the Adoption Certificate... this will give you the address of the parents at the time of adoption. The adoption laws in England and Wales changed in December 2005. It now gives a birth family the legal right to apply for contact through an adoption support agency or through Social Services ... there is a charge for this service. Go to www.gro.gov.uk click into adoptions to read all about it. Also www.adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk is another good website to read up on the law changes. Hope this has helped Cheers Gerry

RStar

RStar Report 30 Jul 2007 20:41

A lady in my husbands family was adopted in 1930. She contacted social services, and someone tracked records down for her. I don't know if all SS departments in the country would do this tho, depends how short staffed they are maybe. For Barnardo's kids, they can apply for their records direct from Barnardo's. NORCAP is an assoc dealing with all kinds of adoption, foundlings, failed adoptions, counselling, etc.

Clive

Clive Report 30 Jul 2007 20:31

I think you ought to be able to trace it if it happened in the UK. See (It is about the 1926 Adoption Act) http://www.sussex.ac.uk/history/documents/3._keating_struggle_for_identity.pdf however it will be hard going. See all the other threads on adoptions on these boards Clive

Sharon

Sharon Report 30 Jul 2007 19:30

Does anyone know whether I am able to look at an adoption that took place in 1929 and if so where will I get that information.