Adoption Records

[stevecol]

Hi to all,
            My mother has recently found out she has a sister who was adopted as a baby. All she knows is that her name at birth was Susan Parsons, born in Redditch, Worcestershire sometime in the 1940's. I havent a clue how or where to start searching for adoptive descendants. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Steve

[nancy drew]

hi , i suggest you contact the local registry office to redditch , they should be able to help you ,if not try the national archives....... nancy

[Mort29]

theres a few threads on here discussing how to tackle this.

[Valda]

Hi


At the top of the beginners board is a guide to civil registration and censuses

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,428062.0.html

Right at the start of the guide it gives three links for helping with tracing adoptions

First two

Federation of Family History Socieities Research Tips for researching adopted persons in England and Wales:  http://tinyurl.com/nu5wxy

Adoptions:  http://tinyurl.com/lhzf5v 


Regards

Valda

[stevecol]

Thanks for that guys. I really appreciate it

[Valda]

Hi

The Link to the DirectGov website given in the Federation of Family History Socieities Research Tips for researching adopted persons in England and Wales webpage

Tracing and contacting birth relatives and adopted adults

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Adoptionfosteringandchildrenincare/AdoptionAndFostering/DG_170308

and the booklet

Adopted adults and birth relatives - tracing and contact

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_170320.pdf


The Adoption Search Reunion website is also an extremely useful website

http://www.adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk/default.htm


Regards

Valda