Was an ancestor adopted

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Member Since: November 2009 Posts: 18 Send Message	Sandra	Report	8 Dec 2009 13:23
Member Since: November 2009 Posts: 18 Send Message	I knew my grandmother as Mary Baker married to Alfred Baker, deceased. He died before I was born - I was born in 1944- and all I know is that he was born in South Africa. All I can find, so far, is an Alfred Baker as an immigrant on a ship in 1912 but I'm not sure that it is him. Her death record shows that her name was Baker , her maiden name Goodman and her birth date 25 August 1899. A cousin thinks they may not have married and that my gran was married before. I have found a possible marriage between a Mary Baker and a Simon Fox. The maiden name is given as 'Goodman or Dicks'. I have found a Mary Dicks and have sent for a birth cert to see if the birth dates match.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Battenburg	Report	6 Dec 2009 20:33
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Can you post some details here and let others take a look?
Member Since: November 2009 Posts: 18 Send Message	Sandra	Report	6 Dec 2009 20:21
Member Since: November 2009 Posts: 18 Send Message	I am very new to family history research and I'm having a problem researching one of my grandmothers. I can only find her death certificate (which gives her birth date). She may have been adopted? Is there any way of checking if she was adopted?