I sent this before but something went wrong with it so I'm re-sending it. Can someone help me with my understanding of the GRO Adoption indexes (from 1927 onwards). Am I correct in assuming that the names on the indexes are the adopted name of the child and is an equivalent of a normal birth certificate?? If so, is there anyway of identifying the adoptive parents without buying the certificate (which I could probably not do as I am not related to the individual). My assumption is based on finding GRO marriage entries for some but without equivalent GRO birth (due to uncommon combination forenames). Many thanks Brian

Hi Brian Yes, I think you are correct in your understanding. The names are definitely the adoptive names, and I assume you would not be allowed to purchase a recent adoption entry, although I have not tried to do so. I have a handful of adoption index entries. Those I have identified have generally been because by chance I happened to make contact with one of the parents, who has told me. Don't forget there is nothing to stop you purchasing a recent marriage certificate, other than the expense. I have identified a few people that way, whose birth certificate I could not purchase. It is also worth bearing in mind that you may have no birth for someone marrying (or dying) in England and Wales because they were born elsewhere. I found a recent death in England, where the person turned out to have been born in "Rhodesia". June Willing Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 Willing/Willings One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ Willing/Willings DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Willing/ Dominicus One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus-2/ On 8 Jan 2015, at 17:55, Brian Horridge via wrote: > I sent this before but something went wrong with it so I'm re- > sending it. > > Can someone help me with my understanding of the GRO Adoption > indexes (from 1927 onwards). > > Am I correct in assuming that the names on the indexes are the > adopted name of the child and is an equivalent of a normal birth > certificate?? > > If so, is there anyway of identifying the adoptive parents without > buying the certificate (which I could probably not do as I am not > related to the individual). > > My assumption is based on finding GRO marriage entries for some but > without equivalent GRO birth (due to uncommon combination forenames). > > Many thanks > > Brian > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message