Hopefully my memory doesn't fail me here, but I asked this question before, having had a great-grandfather adopted around 1895. I believe the answer is that there were no formalized adoption records in Britain until at least 1929. Belinda Robinson London Ontario Canada > > From: "duncan payling" <duncanp@bigpond.net.au> > Date: 2003/02/26 Wed AM 02:30:23 EST > To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ROTH] child adoption > > G'day List, > > Just wondering if there were any formal adoption procedures in place in the UK circa 1886. > > My gf's parents died when he was about 8 and he was 'taken in' by relatives. Is it likely that there would have been any registration of such as he also apparently adopted their surname until he was 21yrs. > > Regards, > > Duncan Payling , Melbourne > > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > The listowner for ENG-ROTHERHAM is Tracy, born and bred in Rotherham. > To contact me off list please use this address: > tlh@party7.fsnet.co.uk > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

G'day Belinda and List, Thanks for input. Yes, from all accounts that would appear to be the case. I presume the only other alternative was an orphanage? Thank goodness for caring relatives. Regards, Duncan Payling Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: <belindar@sympatico.ca> To: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [ROTH] child adoption > Hopefully my memory doesn't fail me here, but I asked this question before, having had a great-grandfather adopted around 1895. I believe the answer is that there were no formalized adoption records in Britain until at least 1929. > > Belinda Robinson > London Ontario Canada > > > > > From: "duncan payling" <duncanp@bigpond.net.au> > > Date: 2003/02/26 Wed AM 02:30:23 EST > > To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ROTH] child adoption > > > > G'day List, > > > > Just wondering if there were any formal adoption procedures in place in the UK circa 1886. > > > > My gf's parents died when he was about 8 and he was 'taken in' by relatives. Is it likely that there would have been any registration of such as he also apparently adopted their surname until he was 21yrs. > > > > Regards, > > > > Duncan Payling , Melbourne > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > > The listowner for ENG-ROTHERHAM is Tracy, born and bred in Rotherham. > > To contact me off list please use this address: > > tlh@party7.fsnet.co.uk > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > To reply to someone privately (off list), remember that the list is set up to send all replies back to the ENG-ROTHERHAM list. Make sure the correct recipient's address is in the 'to' line before sending. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >