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Gill recommends these three websites to any family historians investigating an adoption

Adoption Search Reunion

w www.adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk

Set up by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, this is a key website for tracing birth records and birth/adoptive family.

Ancestry

w ancestry.co.uk

The varied records on subscription websites such as Ancestry can help you uncover the background and birth relatives of an adoptee. GHQHUDO 5HJLVWHU 2IÀFH w gov.uk/adoption-records

The GRO’s website offers advice on accessing the records it holds, including the Contact Register and the Adopted Children Register.