Hi Les Unfortunately there are no records at this date - see this quote from the National Archives in the UK - "Formal adoption, as we now know it, did not exist in England and Wales until 1927. Before then, adoptions were usually informal. In a few cases there was some legal documentation, but no central register." I have no adoptions in my research but maybe others can recommend avenues for you to go down. May not be impossible but I wouldn't get your hopes up too high. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:16 PM Subject: [MDX] ADOPTION RECORDS ? >I was wondering if you know if it's possible to trace adoption records > - > probably from around 1915/20? There is a family member on my paternal > grandmother's side who was apparently a relation (possibly cousin) but > was > adopted by my GGM and brought up with my grandmother as her brother. > From > what I know it was kept very quiet and no one seems to know what his > surname was pre-adoption, so I don't have much to go on. Les H., > Napier, > New Zealand. > . > ************************************** > Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* superfluous > old messages in replies. Only include the one to which you are replying. > > *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in > CAPITAL letters. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > The archives can be found at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk > > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message