Derek, you're pretty close with "no chance" but not completely. As a very broad generalisation only the adopted person can access any of this info., and then only after jumping through a lot of hoops. Full details are at: https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records Regards Nigel Osborne On 25 Feb, 2015,at 11:44 AM, Derek Allen via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: 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