Adoption question

[acceber]

If the adoption was made within a short time of the birth, it is likely that the original Birth Certificate may have the word 'adopted' written in the margin.

I have a Birth Certificate where the baby was given up for adoption at birth and that is stated on it.

acceber

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Thanks everyone for your input.  Just to clarify things.

The baby was born and adopted in London to an English couple in 1954.

The birth was registered with the mother's name as the surname, - and as the child had an unusual middle name, finding the birth cert on ancestry was simple. And yes, it just had the page number and folio number which is why the original question about information on it if she was to order it.   We don't of course know if the adoptive parents kept the same christian names or not after adoption.

The site where I found the adoption was on Adoption Database Quickbase which covers all countries.

I got a 'hit' immediately putting in information given to me by this child's sister who knew the name, (which was as unusual middle name) date of birth, name of the birth parents and location.  Both birth parents have immigrated to two different countries but still keep in touch.

Thanks once again for reading this.

[dawnsh]

Hi bullet

Where the child is adopted out of the family, the adopted parents usually change the name completely and call their new child whatever they want to, as they would if they had given birth themselves.

Looking at the database you mention, the details have been online for several years and contact hasn't happened yet.

From this you can infer:

The child does not know they were adopted

They know they were adopted and do not want to make contact with their birth family at this time

They know they were adopted but do not know their birth name so haven't taken things further

The child may have died in the intervening years.

The only thing I can add is that the General Register Office who maintain all the records have a contact register. Details here.

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register

Dawn

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Thank you Dawn, - I'll pass this information on the person concerned

Bullet