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You asked if a new birth certificate would be issued and show on BMD - the answer is no. An adoption certificate is registered with the GRO, but is not publicly available, a short form birth certificate is issued which does not name parents.

An individual or their representative can obtain a copy of the adoption certificate which does name the adoptive parents, but not sure if anyone else can.

Hawthorn Crescent is just down the hill, very near Cosham railway station.

I have no connection, just happen to know that area.

I don't know if the local newspaper still runs a free column which they had.
The paper is called The News,and is widely read in Portsmouth and surrounding districts.
They ran a feature called ' Where are they now ? 'where one could enquire about friends or family members. If you do write, it would be best to make your message brief, but not too explicit about circumstances. I have known the column to be quite successful, even reuniting people from some time ago, such as your case.

EDIT
Electoral lists for the area will be in Portsmouth's main library.

Copies may also be in the County Record Office in Winchester

It would be unusual for a family to know the name of a child's adoption family.

Just to clarify, which family moved from where, after the war.?

thank you for clarifying the birth certificate question.

I'll speak to my cousin and suggest putting an ad in the news if they still run that feature.
I'm aware it connects people as my mum contacted her relation John who she hadn't seen for many years via this. Strangely he lives in Kent

It may well be the older children were told by their mother that the norrises had the baby to explain where the baby went but whether this was really the case we won't know till she is found.

FMP 1939 register allows a street//road search,




ancestry doesn't,

Lee,

I'm going to PM you the Facebook page for the woman who has Catherine in her tree. Perhaps you can make contact that way.

Rose