General Chat

if a child was born in 1928 that was adopted,would this child be recorded on the GRO index?
would this be with the birth mothers surname?
and is it likely that the child would have a Christian name on the GRO index or more likely to be stated as female/male?

As far as I know the birth would still be registered and recorded in the GRO index. It would depend on whether the mother named the child as to whether or not there would be a Christian name recorded.

Kath. x

thanks

The birth cert will show the birth mother's name and on the right hand side it should be marked "Adopted" with the amending Registrar's signature and dated.
As far as subsequent records, i.e. Death cert it will be recorded as the new adopted name and I do not think one has a hope of finding them. As with my adopted cousin, born in 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire, I have tried contacting Leeds Social Services but in two months have not had a response or acknowledgement. I understand that the adoptee must record that they wish to be contacted, as should the birth mother. This makes things awkward when the birth mother has died and the adopted child is noot made aware that they have been adopted.
I would certainly like to know how contact can be made, to ask the daopted child if they wish to make contact. A recent "Who Do You Think..." program showed a chap who was really grateful for being put in contact with the birth family he never knew he had.