Hello Linda, I n answer to your questions regarding adoption. Before 1926 there was no form of legal requirement to adopt a child so the birth certificate remained the same as when registered. Sometimes children were adopted privatly by solictor a adoption agreement was drawn up by both parties these are usually held with in a family and not kept by any offical office. Where would you be looking at parish records if it is birmingham i could look up for you. Sometimes parish records will give you the area that a mother orignated from if different from the child's parish. On a census sometimes the child still has their birth name and is listed as boarder and on another census listed as the child of the adoptive parents. Hope this helps, San
Hello Allan, This message is not for me. Mine was about my grandfather William Leabeter. Trust this helps in sorting out. Regards, Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "ALAN FIELD" <afield.family@btopenworld.com> To: <ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [B'ham] Adoption > Hello Linda, > > I n answer to your questions regarding adoption. > Before 1926 there was no form of legal requirement to adopt a child so > the birth certificate remained the same as when registered. > Sometimes children were adopted privatly by solictor a adoption agreement > was drawn up by both parties these are usually held with in a family and > not kept by any offical office. > Where would you be looking at parish records if it is birmingham i could > look up for you. > Sometimes parish records will give you the area that a mother orignated > from if different from the child's parish. > On a census sometimes the child still has their birth name and is listed > as boarder and on another census listed as the child of the adoptive > parents. > Hope this helps, > San > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Lizzy Internet > see http://www.lizzy.com.au/mailscanning