Adoption Index Records

[tesscawley]

I have heard of and know other people who have been successful with this when all else fails. I must stress that it would take some time and a lot of research.

As there is no obvious link between this Adoption Index and the Birth Index, I can think see no logical reason why they should not be on line.

[stanmapstone]

They were instructed by the GRO to remove the public adoption index from their site in 2006.

Stan

[tesscawley]

Yes, I know, that's my point but why?

[tillyc]

Perhaps it's something to do with the data protection act...
Not all adoptees would want their information out there.  Just a thought 

[Just Kia]

What do you mean by the 'adoption index records'? I understood that the adoption was re-registered in the normal BMDs.

I don't think they are - at least not all cases are.
I have my Grandfather's original birth certificate and I have his adoption certificate but there is no "birth index" entry for him in his adopted name.

[silvery]

Oh.       Well I stand corrected.   And I'll bear it in mind for the future.   Everything I've read says that the re-registration (of the adoption record) is entered again into the BMDs.   
Unfortunately I've no-one about whom I can check this. 

[stanmapstone]

Every birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership or death registered in England or Wales has a General Register Office (GRO) index reference number. It usually consists of the year, volume number, page number and district in which the event was registered.

When ordering a birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership or death certificate, quoting the certificate index reference reduces the time it takes to find the record. This means you will receive your certificate sooner.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Familyhistoryandresearch/DG_175464

Stan

[dawnsh]

If you do find an entry in the Adopted Childrens Index, you can't just order the certificate with the reference numbers as you would with a birth, marriage or death.

You have to give the adopted name, and the date of birth which isn't shown in the index. All adopted children are given a short form birth cert, if you have a copy of this you will know the date of birth.

I think you may also have to give the names of the adoptive parents too as you do with a recent birth.

Dawn

[ambers]

On ordering an original birth certificate it stated that this person had been adopted. Having a very unusual full name I was able to order his marriage certificate in his adoptive name. This was later confirmed by family, as he had been adopted by his mothers second husband although none of her other children were.

I didn't find a re-registration of birth in his adoptive name in the BMD's either.

Ambers