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Thank you for that Pam. I have been in Australia for a while and had no idea of the changes. Have to admit after nearly 5 years of exhausting all the avenues I could think of I have had a break from it but am now ready to start looking again, although now in Australia I think it will be a lot harder. I do still have the emails from the social worker and people who were helping me so I will contact them again and see what eventuates. Many thanks for your help

In September I posted this message on GR:

Children, grandchildren and other relatives of adopted adults will be able to trace back through their ancestors' lives under new rules published on Thursday.

Previously only the person adopted and their birth relatives were able to use specialised adoption agencies to help shed light on their family history and make contact with biological family members.
New rules will extend this right to all relatives of adopted adults, allowing greater openness in adoption while ensuring adopted people have the right to a private family life.

Those who have lost a parent to cancer or heart problems will be able to discover whether their grandparents or other birth relatives suffered from the same conditions, giving them the chance to seek advice and support.

Descendants should be able to access important information such as medical records or genetic health conditions and also be able to find out about important events from their past, as well as make contact with family members of they wish.

New rules should be in force by November.

Perhaps you should try Social Services again.

Hi yes, I know where and when he was born and I have contacted social services and was put in touch with a very helpful lady to help me look. He was born 10/1/1944 at Bevan House, 11 Finsbury Road, Brighton. They found his adopted name and did all the searches but came up with nothing, no medical records, death records, social services records or anything, they told they had exhausted all avenues. They wouldn't tell me his adopted name, so my only hope is that he, or someone he knows, knows he was adopted and that he knows his birth name and wants contact. I have tried all social media sites, left his name everywhere but with no luck. He would be almost 71 now. His mother, my mother, is still alive, she is 93 and only told me about my brother in the last 10 years. I have even been in touch with WDYTYA but they said they couldn't help me, so I am at a dead end

Do you know the date of birth ?

Thank you Jacqueline, I ollowed the link above and have succeeded in leaving a Postem. Hope you've had a good Christmas

Merry Christmas to you Choccy and that did indeed work and I have left a Postem. Thank you for your help

Maureen

I should have explained..........

freebmd is a different website .............not part of GR

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Click on SEARCH box.

Enter the surname and first name in the relevant boxes. Click on FIND box.

Alongside the entry is the word 'info'. Click on it, then read the instructions about adding your own comments

Hope this helps

Merry Christmas - hope this works


try this link

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=187037311:2143&d=bmd_1416902484

scroll down to 'add a postem'

Good luck in your search.

I must be a bit dense Jacqueline, I can't for the life of me even find the freenBMD section, only the BMD at the start of the site or when I log on, cannot see any red link that says info to click onto

Apologies, Maureen, should have given detailed instructions about adding the postem...........hadn't realised you weren't familiar with the site

Maureen, if you've found the birth on FreeBMD at the right side of the record is a link that says Info, it's in red. Click on that link and it takes you to a new page where you can add a postem.

Cant see where to click on the option to add a posteM on the freebmd anywhere, can you help Jacqueline? Not quite sure whether I am in the right place even

Adding a posteM was what Shirley suggested

Look at the birth on freebmd...............and click on the option

Thanks Jacqueline, but as mentioned to Shirley I have added his name to the Adoption Records and Register years ago. I have searched GR trees and no luck there. I will keep trying when and where I can. I am a blood relative, sister.

Thanks Shirley but I did that years ago. I know exactly where he was born, I've been in touch with Social Workers and the like and they are not allowed to give me his new name and they could find no trace of him on any records anywhere, they knew his name but would not tell me, so I am stuck unless somebody knows him, knows he was adopted and that this is his real name. What do you mean add a poster to his GRO birth ref on Free BMD - don't understand

No-one other than you has him in a GR tree.

IF you are a blood relative, add yourself to the national adoption contact register

If he knows he was adopted, and has any interest in finding blood relatives, he may have done the same

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register

If you are a relative then add your name to the National Adoption contact register

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register

You could also add a postem to his GRO birth ref on FreeBMD

Hi Jacqueline, yes he was adopted, he was born in Brighton in England, I have been searching for years but do not have his new name so I keep trying hoping that he knows his birth name and may reply

Was he adopted?

In which country was he born?

And what have you done so far to try to find him?

ADDED

Birth registered England