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Cia

Cia Report 10 May 2008 08:47

Is there an easy way of finding out adoption info? Apparently my husbands grandfather was adopted (Cecil E Whitaker married Elizabeth Newlove 3 qtr 1916 in Ecclesall. She was born 1894) but can find no birth record of him. Where do I go from here?

Di.

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 10 May 2008 08:59

Until the 20th century there was no formal process of adoption, so few paper records were created. It wasn't until 1st January 1927 that adoption certificates were issued in the UK

A couple of sites that might point you in the right direction are:

adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk

and

search-line.co.uk

Cia

Cia Report 10 May 2008 19:10

Thanks Colin,

I'll give them a try.