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adoption in the 1920-30's
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Yvette | Report | 9 Sep 2003 14:50 |
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Hello again Jacqui Thanks for your help. I have been in touch with Croydon Register Office this afternoon and they have told me to try the GRO as there would be a new certificate issued to my Grandmother on her adoption that over-rules her birthcertificate, or lack of one, and that it can only be ordered via the GRO. So now i have to try and track it down, and give up on the hope of finding who her mother was. A great shame but at least i am winning some of this family battle, lol. Yvette |
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Jacqui | Report | 9 Sep 2003 13:57 |
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Dear Yvette - I am now sure that adoption was unofficial before 1928 - read it in a book on Tracing Ancestors -thereafter should be some sort of paper trace I imagine. I have been married for so long I cannot remember whether the vicar needed sight of my birth cert. but I would think it probably wasnt essential in the 1930's and 1940's as when my mum and dad married in 1938 I know neither of them lived in their home towns and it's unlikely they would have had their birth certs. with them. Perhaps in the late 1930's - 1940's your Identification Card was sufficient proof of your age to marry - 21 then I believe without parental consent. Good luck with your trace. Jacqui |
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Yvette | Report | 9 Sep 2003 12:12 |
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Hi Jacqui Interesting is certainly one word for it! lol! My grandmother would have been adopted around 1935 so i am guessing that there would have been a paper trail? Or should that be hoping! Anyway would she have needed some sort of birth/adoption certificate to marry in 1939? Heres hoping Yvette |
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Angela | Report | 9 Sep 2003 12:11 |
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I also want to know the same thing. I just read that it is hard to find out about anyone adopted before 1927, but, not impossible. |
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Jacqui | Report | 9 Sep 2003 12:09 |
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Yvette I think I read somewhere that adoption prior to 1928 was more "informal" than the present day - you might want to check that out, but I'm pretty sure of it. Adoption within families was quite common I think, with grandchildren being raised as "children", making life interesting for us whilst trying to trace ancestors! Jacqui |
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Yvette | Report | 9 Sep 2003 12:06 |
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I have just received a copy of my grandparents marriage certificate, and while it tells me nothing new it has raised a query. The family rumour is that my grandmother was raised by her paternal grandparents who then adopted her at the age of 15. Her mother is unknown. For fathers details on the certificate she has put her grandfathers. How can i go about finding further details of her'adoption'. Yvette (I have tried to obtain a copy of her birth certificate but had no luck) |
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