> is their name removed from the Birth Registers and replaced by their adopted name? No. The original entry remains intact. A new entry is made for the adoptive "birth" with the new "parents". The adoption register is a separate register. The indexes to it (at the FRC) are also in a separate section. If you apply for a certificate from the Adopted index you will not find any reference on the certificate to the orignal name. Bear in mind that formal adoption is a comparatively recent concept (post 1900?). But it could be worth a look in the Adopted index. Other possibilites (with separate registers) are: born overseas (expat), military, Scotland, Ireland My own approach to the seemingly intractable problem of a missing Birth Regisration (c. 1843) was eventually to get the siblings either side from Census info (I had to wait for a new census to be published!) and then track the siblings, both of whom were registered. If you are not too far from London, treat yourself to a day out. A day's research at the FRC, possibly a day when an interesting lecture is being given, and a visit to the theatre or show in the evening. Ron S Original Message: ----------------- From: AYorkie19@aol.com Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 12:44:23 EDT To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [B.C.] re adoption What happens when a person is adopted - is their name removed from the Birth Registers and replaced by their adopted name? I have been searching for a KNOWN NAME in the Beta B.M.D. or Ancestory and cannot find it. Yorkie ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== The Assistant List Admins are Jean Morgan and Jan Ross (Couldn't do it without those two great ladies) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

The comment about formal adoption being a comparatively new concept is true, but if you are lucky you might find mention of informal adoption in a baptismal register. At the church I attend here in Scotland there is an entry in the Baptism Register which reads "I feel it is important to record that Mr & Mrs A are the adoptive parents of the child, the natural father Mr B having given the child into the care of Mr & Mrs A following the death of his wife in childbirth. signed William Lumsden Walker (Priest)" Obviously I have not shown the names of the parties, but I am sure if anyone who was a descendent came and asked they would be shown the register. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: <snape@cix.co.uk> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: RE: [B.C.] re adoption >> is their name removed from the Birth > Registers and replaced by their adopted name? > > No. The original entry remains intact. > > A new entry is made for the adoptive "birth" with the new "parents". The > adoption register is a separate register. The indexes to it (at the FRC) > are also in a separate section. If you apply for a certificate from the > Adopted index you will not find any reference on the certificate to the > orignal name. Bear in mind that formal adoption is a comparatively recent > concept (post 1900?). > > But it could be worth a look in the Adopted index. > > Other possibilites (with separate registers) are: > > born overseas (expat), > military, > Scotland, > Ireland > > My own approach to the seemingly intractable problem of a missing Birth > Regisration (c. 1843) was eventually to get the siblings either side from > Census info (I had to wait for a new census to be published!) and then > track the siblings, both of whom were registered. > > If you are not too far from London, treat yourself to a day out. A day's > research at the FRC, possibly a day when an interesting lecture is being > given, and a visit to the theatre or show in the evening. > > Ron S > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: AYorkie19@aol.com > Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 12:44:23 EDT > To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [B.C.] re adoption > > > What happens when a person is adopted - is their name removed from the > Birth > Registers and replaced by their adopted name? > > I have been searching for a KNOWN NAME in the Beta B.M.D. or Ancestory and > cannot find it. > > Yorkie > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The Assistant List Admins are Jean Morgan and Jan Ross > (Couldn't do it without those two great ladies) > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The Assistant List Admins are Jean Morgan and Jan Ross > (Couldn't do it without those two great ladies) > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/304 - Release Date: 07/04/2006 > >