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Christine

Christine Report 15 Dec 2003 09:15

could any one help me looking for a birth mother some one hear said omnitrace, but they don.t do tracies in the u.k and if they did they were going to charge 1000 pounds so there must be another way chris

Len of the Chilterns

Len of the Chilterns Report 15 Dec 2003 23:42

I would suggest you try the HMSO website and look up the present law on adoption to find out your rights. If you are an adopted person over 18 you have the right to your history and adoption agencies are bound to keep records AND make them available to "prescribed persons" which should include you. It might be worth going to your local Citizens Advice Bureau to see if they would put you in touch with a specialist solicitor for a free or inexpensive one-off consultation which you could take further if you wished. A specialist search agency re adoptions is Norcap. Have a look at their website. Len

Shirley

Shirley Report 8 Jan 2004 14:44

Please try the new site www.1837online.com a wonderful easy site that I have just used.

Len of the Chilterns

Len of the Chilterns Report 8 Jan 2004 23:43

I would be happy to do a look-up on my UK-Info Disc ( a CD based on the electoral roll) if you can give me a name that is not too common. My own surname is not that common but there are thousands in the UK. However, used in conjunction with my fore-names and County location, it narrows the search down enormously.

Beverley

Beverley Report 1 Feb 2004 16:17

hi if u know which court u were adopted in go to the local social services they will b able to help u and it wont cost u a thing.... good luck Bev

Christine

Christine Report 2 Feb 2004 05:44

thanks for replies it's not for me its for an auntie who was born in the 1940 and i don't think you could look on roll because the mother would be in her 80's or gone now. but thanks any way we will keep looking chris

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Feb 2004 10:23

Christine, I've emailed you. Eleanorx

Joan Allan

Joan Allan Report 3 Feb 2004 00:53

Dear Christine Don't give up on your search!! The eldest natural mother I reunited with her twins sons (in March last year) was 89 in last December. Of all the searches I have carried out for babies born in the war years - all the mother's were still alive and kicking. One I am working on at present is for a male born in 1940 and I am 99.9% certain the mother is still alive - I have just to work out how to make contact with her because she had no other children and is alone from what I can find.