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poppycat

poppycat Report 1 Mar 2025 02:32

finding one's adopted son

Researching:
Gurney [ Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire London Middlesex] Freemantle [Bishops Sutton Southsea HAMPSHIRE] Halsted/Halstead[Portsea hampshire Brighton East SUSSEX] Lower [Brighton Lewe East SUSSEX Broomfeild [Dover Maidstone Aylesford Orpington KENT] Eves [Maidstone Goudhurst KENT] Buttress [ Cork IRELAND Deal Dover Canterbury KENT] Bayden [Deal Kent] Huckstepp [Dover Wye Ashford Hinxhil Of,ChilhamKENT] Kendall/Kendal[Poplar Middlesex Walmer KENT]

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 1 Mar 2025 08:51

What is your question, please, Poppycat?

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 1 Mar 2025 09:27

Numerous threads on here about the subject - put ‘adoption’ in advanced search

Most relevant advice is to add yourself to the National Adoption Contact Register.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 1 Mar 2025 10:49

Have you found yours poppycat? If so well done and hope it all goes well.

PatW

PatW Report 5 Mar 2025 12:54


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