Genealogy Chat

My husbands father was adpoted in 1927 father in law died which is when we found out. Is there any way we can access the records now that all the people involed are deceased, or do we have to give up ? Ann

the info contained in an adoption file is only ever avalible to an adoptee. You say that all concerned are now dead, there may well be more people involved than you imagine (later siblings etc) , and thus even after death of an adoptee, the file remains closed. Jess x

Thanks Jess Father in law was their only child so i guess that we have hit a dead end if only he had told us before Ann

whose only child?His adoptive parents? That is what im meant really - he may actually have been born as the Umpteeth child ......

Ann, what exactly did you find to tell you he was adopted? Just thinking if you knew his birth name you can still do a family tree Not everyone is interested in the living relatives, but you're husband might like to trace his roots Sam

Hi Sammy we found a adoption order from the juvenile court lambeth dated 4th july 1827 and a short birth cert he was born in 1921 which would make him 6 when adopted, if we got his original would it give his birth name ? Hi jess yes sorry he was the only child of the adopters not birth the mother we have no idea who she was. not very bright am i Ann

The problem is. you cannot really get his birth cert without knowing his birth name. I guess at 6 years of age his christian name will not have been changed, so you could hunt, but it wouldnt be easy

As Jess says, you cannot get his birth certificate without his birth name. So the one you have found has the surname you knew him by? Sam

Yes Frederick Raymond Goddard,born 15/4/1921 England (helpful) i really don't know where to go from here, there are so many questions what was his birth name where was he born and where was he until he was 6 years old , as he was adopted in london would it be streaching it to assume he was born in london? It could be anywhere in England!! As my husband adopted my son when we married you would think FIL would have said something at the time about being adopted himself but no he left us to find out afther he was gone. Thanks anyway Ann

maybe he didnt know, although if he had the paperwork....

What happend to your mother in law, has she died too? Is your husband an only child? Sam

Mother in law died first, my husband has a younger sister but she knows nothing Ann

I can tell you are up a Swiss Mountain - there is a definite echo, echo, echo.... Dea Xxx REALLY sorry - Couldn't resist!!!!! Dea Xxx

Thanks Dea must be the snow has got in !!!!!! and i can't remember how to remove all these help!!!!! Ann

Just go to your thread, click on your reply and click on delete message. Dea x

Thanks Dea the cold really has got to my brain you may think its fun living up this mountain but its not!!! Ann