Hi Janice There is an official adoption register since 1927 however you need to be the adopted person or the parent to go further There is not public access to the register Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi All > > I am entering the realms of the unknown I believe that my Gt Uncle Jesse > Barnes well his 2nd wife adopted 3 children I am guessing while he was > alive > they married in 1936 & he died in 1961 > > They lived at Brooklyn Cottage Great Barton, what I been told is that she > adopted 3 children 1 being a baby from a Irish lass & the other 2 were > older > at the time of adoption I don't know much else at present. > > This got me wondering if there is a register to check out people who adopt > children as I mean you can't check the GRO for a birth for them so where > does one look > > Regards Janice