Genealogy Chat

haven't got a clue Mo, sorry. sadly Lou isn't able to be with us at the moment due to personal circumstances otherwise she might have known. hopefully she'll be back soon and may be able to help. jess

Can anyone help! i have finally found my mothers birth details (they were hand written on the bottom of the page, so i kept missing them as i scrolled through)My mother is registered under her unmarried mothers name (again i got confused looking under fathers name) and next to my mothers name there is no volume or page number it just says either..........See d26 or seed26 What does this mean? For details of my family history see page 16 of this adoption thread. thanks MOE!

Hi all. just wanted to keep you up to date, thanks to Joan and Sheila, and any one else who has helped me i have found my cousin and her daughter. i have been in contact with my second cousin ,i had a lovely email welcoming me to the family, (they were shocked to hear about me) and she asked me to send a letter to her mum my cousin, giving them as much info as poss. the letter took 4 hours to write! I sent copies of my birth certificate showing i was adopted and my birth mothers birth certificate, i shed lots of tears, and rewrote it hundreds of times. My cousin received it today, and out of the blue she phoned me at work, more tears on both our parts. she told me she knows where my birth mother (her auntie) and my full blood brother are. she is going to approach my birth mother for me, and show her the letter and certificates. I could not talk any more as at work, but i am phoning her tonight at 7.00. God this is all to much i am all over the place. my cousin said she will not get hold of b/m straight away as she has to think what to say, because she never knew about me. she said that even if the worst happens and b/m doesnt want to know, she will keep in touch with me. i will let you know what happens, and to all those who have not found any relatives, i was going to give up, so hang on in there! Julia XX

Mo, sorry Yes, makes far more sense! Jess

nudge for Paul

No Jess, the age gap was between my natural g/mother who was 16 and my natural g/father who was around 50. He was a married man from Glasgow working on a ship that was brought to Liverpool to be finished and somewhwere met my g/mother and when she had the baby he brought his wife down to liverpool because she could not have kids. they then ended up with the baby, does this make sense? I think his wife was around his age. Moe.

Mo. if he was her father and for what ever reason her mother didn't want her, then yes, i guess he could. So there was a 34 year age difference between her dad and her step-mother?

Nudge for David, be back soon. Sheila

I know liz, my mother died in 1974 and my g/mother turned up at the service everyone thought she was my mothers twin sister and us kids knew her as Auntie lily. my mum never treated her as her mother even though her own dad and adopted mum had been dead about 20 years.

Can any of you good people give me some advice on the laws of adoption. My mother was adopted (i think ) by her natural father and his wife, who he brought down from Scotland to Liverpool. my birth grandmother was 16 and as far as i can gather my g/father was around 50. I am waiting on BCs for my mother to see if adoption was legal. I cannot find anything yet on g/mother as i don't know much about her. Could my g/father just take the baby in them days 1923or were they laws to be followed? MOE

brought back to top for Christine Jess

Hi Julia, Sorry I haven't been 100% will have a look and mail you tomorrow, take care till then. Sheila

Jess, Chris, I've put a thread on tips board called 'quandary' and Dea has kindly suggested that maybe you two could offer advice. It's not strictly adoption relation, and don't worry if you can't offer any further advice - I think Dea was just trying to maybe get me some experienced peeps suggestions. Regards, Emma

can't be that far back.. 'Adoptees' are ''Vee eye Peas''!

hi all. hope everyones searches continue to progress well and that when you get to the end of what sometimes feels like a gravevine, that there is fruit. Many of you know that I succeded in tracing my last found half brother and spoke for an hour to his wife (she rang me).Desspite the promises she made to me, he has never rung me himself. Get the feeling that despite my having instigated the contact that there was far more 'take' than 'gain' and that the chances of him ringing now are about Nil. Have come to terms with that- not many other choices really. Doesn't make me not want to hear about other peoples triumphs though. Good for you all. jess x

hi Sheila just checked marriage it is on 1837 July Aug Sept 1979. S .E Hants (20 2102) Dont know Jaqueline middle name but middle initals are S.M or could be S. H hard to see. David middle inital was J They had a daughter Emma Louise Jan, feb march 1980 Couldnt find any more births. I dont think name is Humphreys can only find Humphrey! thanks Julia X

Hi Again, Was actually just doing a search for Jacqueline now as I have the new info2004 disk, do you know is she or david had a middle name, this would help a lot, can you double check the marriage and let me know. Also there is just the 1 Jacqueline down for Hampshire now, Kings Road and she is with a Wayne Humphreys,(could be her son I guess) dont know if the other Jacqueline has moved or opted of the elecotral roll. Let me know if you have anything else. Sheila

no luck yet, i have written to every David Martin and Jaqueline Humphrey(cousin) in hampshire. But it was only 2 weeks ago so heres hoping. Julia X

Nudge up for Rebecca. Julia, Any look on the Gosport adress or David Martins yet? will keep my fingers crossed for you. Take care everyone Sheila

Hi all I havent used this thread for a while, been busy trying to find maddening elusive relatives, I have found details of a cousin and have wriiten to her hoping she could lead me to my birth mother and Brother, no reply Yet. I am really pleased to hear all your success stories about contacting relies, gives me hope and inspiration to carry on. I have also been in email contact with my half sister who has sent me pictures of my birth Dad !! (he died 1977) Many thanks to everone who was kind enough to email me vith various bits of info a little while ago. Raining again in lovely Dorset !! JuliaX