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how can you access adoption records for 1904

Welcome to the boards Wendy

There were no formal adoptions until 1927ish

If it was a later adoption only the adoptee can access them anyway...so when they die they cannot be accessed

Adoptions only became legal in mid-1927.

Before that, adoptions were ad hoc ................ often between family and friends, or from orphanages.

There might be records from an orphanage, but even those are very hit and miss.

All I know is that Alice M Wildman born 1904 and in the 1911 census it shows her as adopted in the household of Charles Mann residing in Barnsley
Ithink she was born in Hemsworht but this record stated derbyshire
can anybody help further
thanks

for ref

1911 England Census about Alice May Wildman
Name: Alice May Wildman
Age in 1911: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Relation to Head: Adopted
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Brierley
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: 17 King St Grimethorpe Nr Barnsley
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Hemsworth
Registration District Number: 506
Sub-registration district: Hemsworth Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Piece: 27530
Household Members:
Name Age
George Mann 57
Kate Mann 56
Willie Mann 22
James Arthur Mann 20
Alfred Ernest Mann 14
Mabel Wright 12
Alice May Wildman 7

You will need her birth cert for parent's names to go any further,

Births Dec 1904 (>99%)
Wildman Alice Mary Hemsworth 9c 193

Record Transcription
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England & Wales births 1837-2006
First Name ALICE MARY
Last Name WILDMAN
Birth Year 1904
Gender Female
Mother's Maiden Name
Year 1904
Country England
County Yorkshire
Event Quarter 4
District HEMSWORTH
District Number
Volume 9C
Page 103
Entry Number
Line Number 137
DOR
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Collections from Great Britain

Those 2 records look similar, but the page number is different. I checked the original image and it does look like page 103 :-S

Graham I am looking at the image on freebnd and I think it's 193, but certainly worth checking.

On that 1911 Census ............

Mabel Wright is also down as Adopted, and down as born in Derbyshire



It still comes down to the fact that there was no legal system of adoptions until mid-1927, so finding information is all but impossible.

Here's her death:

Name: Alice Mary Reddington
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1904
Date of Registration: Mar 1982
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Staincliffe
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 2
Page: 3019

Rose

Thanks brian thats the info I had
I didnt have her date of death so thanks guys for that

just trying to see if can Alice's parents

You do need to buy her birth certificate .......................

at least you will then have her mother's name!



The certificate will cost you £9.25 incl post and packing


Order only from GRO (General Register Office) ..................

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/


You have to register, but it is free.


Sirius gave you the information form freebmd ....................

Births Dec 1904 (>99%)
Wildman Alice Mary Hemsworth 9c 193


The form will ask if you have the GRO number .............. answer YES .............. that's the set of 2 numbers



As you should have seen, Graham found a slightly different record on another site, with page number 103 instead of 193.

Try the one that Sirius gave you first.

I had a problem a few years ago when one of the numbers was illegible. By replacing it with a * but all other details the same as on the register, GRO were able to find it and issue.

that's good to know, DET!

If the page number is wrong the GRO won't find the record; so they'll give you a refund. Then you can try the other page number if need be.