Trying to find my mum's family

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Member Since: January 2012 Posts: 5 Send Message	carol	Report	30 Jan 2012 18:51
Member Since: January 2012 Posts: 5 Send Message	Hi I am trying to find my mums family. Born in 1939 As far as she knows she was adopted in 1940 Exeter. She doesn't know her birth name. How would i find out who her family is? She has been told her mother died in childbirth having her and her father was killed in the war, we are not sure if this is true. She was also led to beleive her mother may have been a single girl. any help would be appreciated thanks Carol. :-)
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	30 Jan 2012 19:04
	She is entitled to have her adoption file which would give her birth name. Only she can apply for them though try this site http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_176215.pd
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: January 2012 Posts: 5 Send Message	carol	Report	27 Feb 2012 17:55
Member Since: January 2012 Posts: 5 Send Message	thanks. :-)