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Please could anyone tell me how I could find adoption details on my mum on law

She was born 1939 circa in Lancashire I belive

Thank you ste +lol

Welcome to the boards.
If your MIL is still here I believe she can approach the council local to where she was adopted.

Adoption records are not usually in the public domain.

If she is alive, she can apply for her records, but would be obliged to have counselling before doing so

Google to find full info about applying for such records

Hi, thanks both sadly she is no longer with us

Welcome to the boards, Lorraine.

The adoption certificate (which doesn't give details of the birth parents) can be requested from GRO:

"Adoption records in England and Wales, like birth, marriage and death records, are kept by the General Register Office (GRO). There is no searchable index of adoption records online, but you can request a copy of an adoption record via the GRO’s website. To do so, you must register for a free account on the website, select 'Place an Order' from the options given, and fill in the form. You will need to know the adopted child’s current age or their age at death if they are deceased; the year in which the adoption was registered; their adoptive surname and forename; and their date of birth.
Copies of adoption records are delivered by post and cost £14 each. The adoption record does not include the names of the child’s birth parents, but it will tell you the date of the adoption, the court which made the adoption order and the names, addresses and occupations of the adoptive parents."
https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/adoption


As it will tell you the court which made the adoption order, you can then contact them.

Thank you , I only know year of birth and adoptive parents been checking on other sites for others doing this family tree but coming up with very little , the year of birth is 1939 poss 1938 .
Appreciate everyone's help x

Unless you know her birth name, you won't be able to find her birth certificate.

Doesn't her son know her date of birth?

Not that it will help you to find info yourself, but will obviously help if you apply for the records as already advised

Adoption is a confidential and sensitive procedure and info is simply not available to all and sundry.

If she died after 1969 in UK, place of birth and birthdate should be included on the death certificate if the informant knew this information.

You may be lucky enough to find her under her adoptive name in the 1939 register which would give you her date of birth

Thanks Lancashire Ann already checked

Erika I'm well aware it's not available to all and sundry which her son who I'm doing this for isn't but thanks for input

Argyle ann thanks that's why I'm asking how I go about tracing someone who was adopted
Gown in Kent thank you I do have a date of death so will try that route.

I'd heard of organisations luke salvation army that have helped people

The Salvation Army do not have anything to do with any searches relating to adoption - that is their policy.

They try only to trace missing people - not carry out research regarding people who are not 'missing'

I am fully aware that it is her son on whose behalf your are looking.........................I'm just surprised that he doesn't know when her birthday was.

TV makes it all seem so easy. It’s not as you are finding.

The tv programmes use specialist companies that are licensed to look at adoption records.

I had a son adopted in 1958 and as his birth mother I’m not allowed to look at any of the records but I do have a copy of his original birth certificate. I did fill a form in and sent a cheque of £30 to the government office which was put in his file to say I would like to get in touch if he ever applied for the records. Fortunately he did but had to go through an intermediary and have councelling. The intermediary finally got in touch with me to ask if I was still interested in getting in touch. Of course I said yes so letters were passed between us through her for a while and she arranged a meeting. All went well and I now go to stay with him and his family 3 or 4 times a year. Brilliant.
Tracing someone who has been adopted is far from easy. I feel I was one of the lucky ones.

Thanks again for advice all xc

Thanks again for advice all xc