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Eileen

Eileen Report 7 Jun 2014 20:59

I suppose it could be 1945 Rose. I thought I was about 9 yrs old but could have been 7. The mother gave me a bible when I was 9 so I could have got confused. The mother came to liver with us at the tim

jax

jax Report 7 Jun 2014 18:33

If you don't add her first name to the thread it is doubtful she would ever see it, unless she wants to go through every thread on this site which mentions the name Belcher

These threads can be found by googling so would also be more easily found.

Very unlikely she would just come across this without searching for it

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 7 Jun 2014 18:22

If the mother were unmarried, the only birth that fits with your description was in 1945.


Rose

Eileen

Eileen Report 7 Jun 2014 17:12

I have put in the name on Genes and there isn't one. She was born in Leicester. I just thought that if she used Genes she might see the message and know that she was loved.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Jun 2014 13:11

Do you have location info?

The County is sufficient............

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 7 Jun 2014 12:36

But many adopted children do know their birth names so may have added themselves here under that name

As you know the birth name take a look under search trees

Eileen

Eileen Report 7 Jun 2014 12:25

I could try that but when she was adopted she would have had a different name.

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 7 Jun 2014 12:13

You could also add the child and the mother to your tree, even if not related - OK technically it mucks up your family, but making contact with her is what counts.

Find the original birth reg (England and Wales) on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Then add a 'post'em' note - if you created a free email account on say hotmail or gmail, you could include that in your brief message.
Adoptees often go looking for their birth parents - add a Post'em to any Freereg transcribed records which pertain to the mother.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 7 Jun 2014 11:56

Have you tried putting the child's birth name in search trees to see if anyone has her listed .

it's possible that she or maybe her children have put a tree on the site

Eileen

Eileen Report 7 Jun 2014 11:37

Not sure if I should be doing this or not but in the 40's I knew someone who had to give her baby up for adoption. The baby surname was Belcher. I do know her first name but don't want to add it to here.
The mother took me to say goodbye to her baby and swore me to secrecy. It would be aprox. 1947-9. I am only telling this now because the mother is no longer alive, but I wanted the baby to know that her mother did love her and wasn't happy about letting her go.
I hope the baby, now grown has been very happy and perhaps has been able to contact other family.