Yorkie: There isn't really such a thing as a known name, nor a known date - and you need both to find a birth registration. There are various possible reasons why you can't find someone where you *know* they ought to be in the indexes, for example: - The person's real date of birth was different from what you think; - The birth was registered in the quarter after the event (or even later); - The person's name at birth was different from what you've been told - The person was illegitimate and registered under the mother's maiden name - There's been a transcription error at some stage between the registration of the birth and the GRO indexes. Most people are actually there in the GRO records - somewhere. Best wishes and good luck Paul Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: <AYorkie19@aol.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:44 PM 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) > >