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Hi all, I am trying to find a Ian Hamshaw who was adopted out as a baby in the district of wortley Yorkshire...His yr of birth is 1965 and his mothers maiden name is Gorman....This is all the info I have other than he tried to contact his birth mother some yrs back and she wasn't prepared to acknowledge him. Ian (as we know him) has 2 half brothers and other family members that he will not know about and would like to know about him. Any help would be much appreciated.
p.s I am the wife of one of the brothers :)

The first thing to do is add him to your tree, and also search trees on this site to see if anyone else has him listed.

He may also have created an account in his birth name on FB or other social networking sites. Worth a search.
If your husband was also adopted, it might be worth him doing the same.

GR have posted guidance for birth children/parents to follow - copied here

For people who are adopted, both the family trees of their birth parents and of their adoptive family are of interest, as both sets of people will have had an impact on the person you are. But many people who were adopted and fostered have a burning desire to uncover their birth family and understand their origins. Obviously tracing a birth parent can be a difficult search, both emotionally and practically. People wishing to find the new identity of an adopted relative can hire an intermediary agency through Directgov.

If you were adopted and want to know who your original parents were, contact the adoption authority of your local Social Services. They will arrange for appropriate counselling and you will be shown your original birth certificate, and your adoption papers, which should explain why you were adopted, and perhaps give some helpful details to help you trace your natural parents. There are also two other websites which can help to bring families looking for each other together - http://www.norcap.org.uk/ and http://www.postadoptioncentre.org.uk/Services/adviceline.php.

Joy Kentish Maid has also put together a list of suggested sites which are well worth a look

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1298356

Good luck to you all

If Ian went through an agency such as Norcap to seek contact his registered details will still be on their database.It maybe worth the brother becoming registered with them for a fee of about £50 they will search for a match.

Hi thanks for the advice everyone, I have added him to my tree and I have also joined the national adoption register :) p.s my husband and his brother were not adopted...

regards
Sheryll :)