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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: dazer_man on Monday 11 June 12 19:57 BST (UK)
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Hi
I was just wondering if anyone knows what a postscript note on the right hand side of a birth certificate means?
I've just received a copy of a birth certificate for one of my male ancestors and it says "adopted" and then a different name to the child recorded. I don't know if this means that my ancestor was adopted and this was his new name or whether this is the name of his new male parent. Please can someone enlighten me?
Thanks.
Daz
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I have had the same. The name by "adopted" on my certificate is that of the Superintendent Registrar.
If you order an adoption certificate, it will show the new name (if any) and adoptive parents name. There will be no reference to birth parents on it
Rgds
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Hi Daz
You are lucky to have found the birth cert of someone who was adopted.
Usually, unless you know the name at birth and the name after adoption, you can't always match up the 2 names and the relevant entries in the birth index and adoption index.
Of course there are many scenarios surrounding adoption. He may have been adopted by someone within the birth family which may result in his name not changing.
To find an adoption certificate which will show the names of the adults who adopted him, you need to consult the GRO adopted children's index on microfiche, but it isn't online. The fiche are located at 7 places around Engand & Wales.
Dawn