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Just posting background info to work from:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ada Colley
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1903
Age at Death: 31
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 331

Would this be Dorothy's birth?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Dorothy Colley
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1902
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 580

Part of a pm from Dave:

Thanks very much , my grandma was called Dorothy Colley and she became Dorothy Swann sometime after my great grandma Ada Colley died in 1903. Let me know if you need more info.

(Have explained about replying on here).

Dave, do you know when/where Dorothy was born?

Hi Dave,

Prior to 1927 adoption were done by private arrangement,No formal records exsist.

The only chance maybe if she was placed with a childrens society and an admission &discharge book has been archived for this you need details......but that wont give any adoption details but may name whos care she was released to.

Hello Dave, there were no formal adoption records before 1927.

Up until that time it was on an informal basis. Occasionally (but not very often) there may have been some form of legal agreement drawn up but there would be no register of this.

When you get the birth certificate it should give you more info. Meanwhile, if you want to give us details of your gran and the adoptive family then we'll see what we can find.

PS - you are only showing as having made one post (if you hover over someone's picture it gives more info) so you're not repeating yourself.

Hi hope I'm not repeating myself as I thought I'd submitted this thread but I might have got it wrong as it's my first time! Apologies . Anyway I'm trying to find out a bit about my grandma. She was born in Leeds in 1902 but in 1903 her mum died and she was given up for adoption. I'd like some advice about where to go to see the evidence. I know her new surname but her new family and her dont come up in the 1911 census. I've sent off for her birth and marriage certificate from the Leeds Registry Office which might help but any top tips would be greatly appreciated.