The following information was posted by Kate Workman on alt.adoption on 2/17/99, and has been re-posted with permission.
[Many thanks to Harold Wilkins and Duke Henry, who compiled this info.]
Useful information for UK and Irish adoptees
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To find out your original birth name if you were adopted in
England or Wales contact
The Registrar General
The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
The General Register Office
Adoptions Section
Smedley Hydro
Trafalgar Road, Birkdale
Southport PR8 2HH
44 (0)151 471 4200
and ask for access to your original birth records (you will be sent a form
to complete and return)
They publish the following leaflets
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ACR1 GRO - Tracing records of births, marriages and deaths
ACR99 GRO - Information for adopted people and their relatives
ACR100 Access to birth records - Information for adopted people
living in the UK
ACR101 Access to birth records - Information for adopted people
living outside the UK
ACR110 The adopted contact register - information for adopted people
and their relatives
ACR114 Access to birth records - counselling organisations outside
the UK
All the above addresses can supply birth, marriage and death certificates
by post. They also publish their own versions of the leaflets AC1 etc.
listed under England and Wales.
In the Republic of Ireland contact
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The Registrar General
Joyce House
8/11 Lombard Street East
Dublin 2
35 31 6711863
In London you can apply in person for birth, death, marriage and adoption
certificates at
The Public Search Room
The Family Records Centre
1 Myddleton Street
London EC1R 1UW
Ph. 0181-392-5300
Web page http://www.open.gov.uk/pro/prohome.htm
The Family Records Centre also has a book shop and a computer link to
Edinburgh.
They are open
9-5 Mon, Wed, Fri
10-7 Tue
9-7 Thur
9:30-5 Sat
Recommended professional searcher
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Gwen Richardson
7 Okeford Road,
Broadstone,
Dorset
BH18 8PA
Phone & Fax 01202 693102
Gwen has her own copy of the English and Welsh indexes of births, deaths,
and marriages. She operates two services; Searchline for adoptees and
NameSearch for birthparents; she also a runs a contact register.
Search Charities
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Please get details of your original birth records before contacting any of
the following search charities
Norcap
112 Church Road,
Wheatley,
Oxfordshire
OX33 1LU
Notes: Norcap publishes a search guide for members. Do not try to phone or
fax Norcap as the lines are very busy and the office is only manned
part-time.
Search
PO Box 1947
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
SS9 4EJ
Birth Link
Family Care
21 Castle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DN
Telephone 0131-225-6441
email: famcare@hotmail.com
Public Record Office
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Ph. 0181-878-8289
Contact: Miss A. Crawford
The Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings
London
EC1M 7BA
Internet discussion groups
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ADOPTEES-UKIE
Subscription Address: LISTSERVER@LISTSERVER.PIPEMEDIA.NET
Description:
The adoptees-ukie mailing list is a forum for discussion among
adult adoptees either living in or searching in the UK or Eire of any topic
related to adoption. It is not intended to be a general discussion forum
for adoption among non-adoptees.
To subscribe, mail to listserver@listserver.pipemedia.net with
"subscribe adoptees-ukie name" in the body of the text.
ADOPTEES
Subscription Address: ADOPTEES-REQUEST@UCSD.EDU
Description:
The adoptees mailing list is a forum for discussion among
adult adoptees of any topic related to adoption. It is not intended
to be a general discussion forum for adoption among non-
adoptees.
To subscribe, mail to adoptees-request@ucsd.edu with
"subscribe [address] adoptees" in the body of the text.
GENUKI-L GENUKI-L@APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM
UK and Ireland Genealogy Discussion List
ROOTS-L
Subscription Address: LISTSERV@MAIL.EWORLD.COM
Description:
This list is for the discussion of genealogy-related issues, including
tools, techniques, and requests for information on genealogical
research. The list may also be helpful in doing the research
by sharing information on specific ancestors, co-operative research,
etc.
(See also soc.roots on USENET/NETNEWS news). Monthly
public notebooks are kept.
ROOTS-L
Contact: roots-l-request@rootsweb.com
Purpose: ROOTS-L is a discussion list where those who have
interest in Genealogy may communicate via Email messages in
hopes of finding more family history information.
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/
To subscribe, send email to roots-l-request@rootsweb.com
and in the body of the message, put subscribe
WEBSITES
http://www.adoptees.org
http://www.netwales.co.uk/gentrace/home.htm
Family History Research Register
http://www.symbcon.co.uk/fhistory
UK and Ireland Genealogy
http://cs6400.mcc.ac.uk/genuki/
http://box.argonet.co.uk/users/adopt/
UK names and addresses
http://www.192.com
UK/European information
http://www.euroferret.com
http://www.muscat.com
http://www.ukdirectory.com
http://www.ukindex.co.uk
Resources available from Adoptees-UKIE members
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Howard
Phonebase (UK phone numbers)
Access to Family Research Centre in London (English and Welsh
certificates)
Own copy of the list of all English/Welsh registration districts
A list of all UK telephone directories
i-cd cd-rom version 1 (same as www.192.com but can be searched on surname
alone)
Works next to a library
Electronic Documents (Word documents and text)
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This document
Channel Island & Isle of Man contacts
Eire contacts
Family Care leaflet
N.I. overseas counselling contacts
Sample contact letter
AdOPT adoption details registration form (NI search charity)
AdOPT membership form
AdOPT letter
Norcap leaflet
FRC leaflet
Howard Wilkins - Unitarian and Adoptee 44-(0)1455-635043
Searching for truth and Keith Clark, Halifax, NS
"That love is all we know is all we know of love"
Emily Dickinson
[co-owner of Adoptees-UKIE@listserver.pipemedia.net]
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