Good evening forumers Can anyone let me know what sort access if any there is to adoption records post 1950s. "We" know the mother's name and we know the approximate date of birth of the child. Can any of this help discover if an adoption took place? If so can the new surname of the person be found? I suspect that there will be a resounding "no chance" to this request. best wishes Derek Allen (GHoon #216) -- researching Codgbrook & Westerdale

Many adopted children do try to find their original birth mother once they know their original name, date of birth and where they were born and there are websites where the mother can give these details with the hope the child will see and contact them. I know of one mother who was found by her daughter through Friends Reunited. If the mother's address at the time of birth was a mother and baby home other girls in the home at the same time may see requests for contact and be able to help if they have kept in touch. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Allen via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:40 PM Subject: [G] Adoption records > Good evening forumers > > Can anyone let me know what sort access if any there is to adoption > records > post 1950s. "We" know the mother's name and we know the approximate date > of > birth of the child. Can any of this help discover if an adoption took > place? If so can the new surname of the person be found? > > I suspect that there will be a resounding "no chance" to this request. > > best wishes > Derek Allen (GHoon #216) > -- > researching Codgbrook & Westerdale > _____________________________________________ > > 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

Hi Derek If you have that information then you should be able to locate the original birth of the child in the normal GRO index, and order the certificate. If the child was adopted then the certificate will be notated "Adopted" in the right hand margin. It will also give you the date of birth of the child and all the normal details like where born and details of the parents. If only the mother is listed it should give you her occupation, and perhaps another address for her. Then you just use normal FH dectiing to track her/them down. However it will give you no clue to the details of the adoption or the child's new name. This you will have to look for in the Adopted Children's Register, the index to which is only to be found in the sets of up-to-date microfiche in the various places which the GRO have placed it. I am lucky in that Birmingham is one. Sometimes the child keeps the forename(s) given on the original birth certificate, with just the surname changed to that of the adopters. So it is a long haul, searching the index, especially if the adoption occured in the period 1947-51, which is covered by one index, although after that they are annual. However there are two more clues to help you - the year of birth, and the date of the event - which of course has to occur after the birth, although the period varies. Oh and also the sex Once you have been through the index and made a short (or long!) list of possibilities, then you can start to order the adoption certificates in the same way as ordinary certificates, saying that you do not have the GRO reference, but just supplying the adoptive name and the full date of birth. Like the ordinary certificates you will not receive those that do not match the date of birth....but it is of course just possible that there will be more than one that does.....it is a long process, but it is possible.....I have done it quite a few times. If you would like to email me off list with the information that you do have, then I can perhaps be more helpful. Particularly if your "we" includes a birth relation of the child - as the new Children's Act introduced a process whereby they may be able to gain more information, and even contact. Kind regards Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Allen via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:40 PM Subject: [G] Adoption records Good evening forumers Can anyone let me know what sort access if any there is to adoption records post 1950s. "We" know the mother's name and we know the approximate date of birth of the child. Can any of this help discover if an adoption took place? If so can the new surname of the person be found? I suspect that there will be a resounding "no chance" to this request. best wishes Derek Allen (GHoon #216) -- researching Codgbrook & Westerdale