Researchers
Adoption Related Agencies
Obtaining Certificates
Government Sites
Armed Forces
Lost Friends
Other Missing Persons/Contact Resources
I have now got the up-dated version of Georgina Stafford's book 'Where to Find Adoption Records' from Baaf.
So if you have any questions about Mother and Baby Homes past and present, or where to find records or help in the United KIngdom, Eire and Jersey, please email me. There are also Individual Social Workers names and who they worked for with the dates the decades they worked there and addresses and phone numbers for Social Services Departments.
Researchers
Adoption Related Agencies
Obtaining Certificates
Government Sites
Armed Forces
Lost Friends
Other Missing Persons/Contact Resources
Professional Trace investigator based in the U.K. but with associates worldwide can undertake trace enquiries, background verification, commercial investigations and track of individuals together with research into legislative requirements in specific countries outside the E.U. and official contacts to report and pursue recovery operations . Female investigator available: rebeccahodge9@btinternet.com
Nationwide people tracing and family finding service.
A FREE missing persons website dedicated to helping you find your lost friends and loved ones. Add your own listing or browse our site and see if you can help.
www.MyFolks.com is a new site run by Debby Wilson and Joan Allen, both very experienced searchers.
Micro fiche service. Debby Wilson has the Births and Marriages fiches from 1950-1995. If you would like further details of the help she provides, please use this link fiche@myfolks.co.uk for details/costs.
For people that were brought up in care in the UK contact:
Finders Keepers
PO Box 229
Great Missenden
HP16 0YD
Contains several pages of contact messages and is FREE !!
Lots of UK contacts. Also includes an extensive archive.
Saturday's Daily Mail have a "Missing...and Found" column.
Write to:
Gill Whitley
88 tan-yr-efail
Holyhead
Anglesey
LL65 2SD
Enclosing SAE
Or email: monica.porter@dailymail.co.uk with contact telephone number.
Electoral Register Information Service (ERIS)
"CAMEO" on the Internet
This is another subscription online version of the electoral registers and
in this case the The British Library has decided to subscribe.
Because we have to charge
for this service it is not directly accessible to readers but they, or
remote enquirers, can commission searches from the library.
Readers should ask for a 'CAMEO search' at the Enquiry Desk (remote enquires should ring 020-7412 7536 between 09:30 and 17:00, Monday to Friday). The precise cost cannot be supplied in advance as it will depend on the amount of searching required but it comprises a search fee of £10.00 plus the cost of the 'credits' used in doing the search plus VAT. The overall cost is likely to fall within the range of £12.50 to £15.00. Payment should be by means of a sterling cheque made out to 'The British Library'.
Pat Basquill has now got her own site called....
UKTrackers.co.uk
Eileen North has her own site for RAF wives
RAFWIves
for information that has been banned even though it does pertain to the Official Secrets Act.
Another service is called MATCH, Mothers Apart from Their Children
If you know of anyone in the same position, they can join by writing to
MATCH,
c/o BM Problems,
London
WC1 N3XX
Mr: Robert Cole is a world-class professional licensed private investigator, based in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, serving clients around the world. Mr: Cole has over 27 years of investigative and protective services experience, and has travelled to many countries in the world to work with families of missing adults and children.
Mr: Cole specializes in the investigation of horrific crimes against children, and is expert in the rescue and recovery of abducted or stolen children the world over. telephone or email consultations regarding cases are always "free", and Mr: Cole strongly encourages family and friends to act quickly and use all resources available, public and private, when a loved one goes missing or is abducted.
Nationwide people tracing and family finding service
A FREE missing persons website dedicated to helping you find your lost friends and loved ones. Add your own listing or browse our site and see if you can help.
Or email: ukmedia@ntlworld.com
The Adoption Unit
New Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YT
0131 314 4443
Northern Ireland
General Register Office
Oxford House
49-55 Chichester Street
Belfast BT1 4HL
02890 252040
Isle of Man
Civil Registry
The Registries
Deemsters Walk
Bucks Road
Douglas
Isle of Man IM1 3AL
01624 687039
Eire
Oifig an Ard-Chlaraitheora
Joyce House
8-11 Lombard St East
Dublin 2
00353 1 671 1000
NEPAS (North East Post-Adoption Service)
Royal Quays Community Centre
Prince Consort Way
Royal Quay
North Shields
Tyne & Wear NE29 6XB
0191 296 6064 (Thurs, Fri 10.00pm - 2.00pm) (with 24 hour answer message service)
Offers a support network with an information and listening service. Advice on tracing.
After Adoption Manchester
12-14 Chapel Street
Manchester M3 7NN
0161 839 4930 (Mon-Wed 10.00am - 4.30pm, Thurs 10.00am - 7.30pm)
Covers Greater Manchester and surrounding counties. Support information service to adoptees, birth and adoptive parents. Offers advice on the tracing process.
After Adoption Yorkshire
80-82 Cardigan Road
Leeds, LS6 3BJ
0113 230 2100 (Mon 11.00 am -2.00pm, Wed 4.00pm - 9.00pm, Thurs 11.00am- 2.00pm)
Offers a support network with an information and listening service. Advice on tracing. For some areas there will be a charge.
West Midland Post Adoption Service
92 Newcombe Road
Handsworth
Birmingham B21 8DD
0121 523 3343 (Mon 10.00am - 12.00pm, 1.30pm - 3.30pm, 18.00pm - 20.00pm, Tues 10.00am - 12.00pm (with 24hr answering message service)
Covers West Midlands and surrounding areas. Support and information service for adoptees, birth and adoptive parents. Offers tracing workshops.
Nottingham After Adoption Support
14 Strelley Road
Nottingham NG8 3AP
01159155500 (Mon 9.30 am - 1.00pm, Tue 6.00pm - 9.00pm, Thu 1.00pm - 4.00pm)
Covers Nottinghamshire. Support information service for adoptees, birth and adoptive parents. Offers advice on the tracing process.
Isle of Man
Manx Churches Adoption and Welfare Society
3 Albany Lane
Douglas
Isle of Man IM2 3NS
01624 625161 (Mon - Fri 9.30pm - 4.30pm)
Support organisation for adoptees, birth and adoptive parents. Offers advice on tracing.
Northern Ireland
ADOPT (Adoptees and other people in the triangle)
The Peskett Centre
2 Windsor Road
Belfast BT9 7FQ
http://freespace.virgin.net/adopt.ni
02890 382353 (9.30 am - 1.30pm)
Support organisation for adoptees, birth and adoptive parents. Offers self help workshops and advice and information on tracing. Also operates the Northern Ireland Contact Register.
Scotland
Barnados Scottish Adoption Advice Service (West of Scotland only)
16 Sandyford Place
Glasgow G3 7NB
Advice Line: 0141 339 0772 (Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm, Wed 9.30 - 7.00pm)
Support organisation offering counselling and information for adoptees, birth and adoptive families. Advises on the tracing process.
Family Care Adoption Counselling Centre
21 Castle Street
Edinburgh EH2 3DN
0131 225 6441 (Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm)
Support organisation offering counselling and information for adoptees, birth and adoptive families. Offers a search/tracing service. Holds the adoption contact register for Scotland. Also operates Scotland's adoption contact register, Birthlink (same address and tel no). This is a confidential central point of contact for all those who have been involved in the adoption process. Provides counselling and information.
Scottish Adoption Association (East of Scotland only)
2 Commercial Street
Edinburgh, EH6 6JA
0131 553 5060 (Mon -Thu 9.00am - 5.00pm, Fri 9.00am -
4.00pm)
Support organisation for adoptees, birth and adoptive
parents. Offers advice and information on tracing.
Wales
After Adoption Wales
Unit 1 Cowbridge Court
58-62 Cowbridge Court West
Cardiff CF5 5BS
02920 575711 (Mon 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Tue 10.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30 - 3.30pm, Wed 1.30 - 3.30pm, Thurs 10.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30 - 3.30pm)
Support organisation offering counselling and information to adoptees, birth and adoptive families. Advice on the tracing process. Offers Welsh speaking service by appointment only.
Republic of Ireland
Adoption Board
Shelbourne House
Shelbourne Road
Dublin 4
00353 1 6671392
Holds records of all adoptions in Eire.
Barnados Adoption Advice Service
Christchurch Square
Dublin 8
00353 1 453 0355 (Tue 2.00pm - 5.00pm, Thu 10.00am - 2.00pm)
Confidential line 00353 1 454 6388 (same hours)
Adopted people's association in Ireland
http://www.connect.ie
AFAA (Association for Families who have Adopted from Abroad)
89 Upper Fant Road
Maidstone ME16 8BT
01905 620005 (Mon - Fri 9.00am - 10.30pm, 24hr answerphone)
Support organisation for adopted parents of children from abroad.
Overseas Adoption Helpline
PO Box 13899
London N6 4WB
0990 168742 (Mon - Fri 9.00am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm)
Information and advice on intercountry adoption requirements and procedures for UK and other countries. Offers Hindi and European speaking service by appointment only.
ISS (International Social Services)
3rd Cramner House
39 Brixton Road
London SW9 6DD
(020) 7735 8941 (Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5.30pm)
BAAF (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering)
Skyline House
200 Union Street
London SE1 0LX
(020) 7593 2000 (Mon - Fri 9.00am - 5.00pm)
A central agency for organisations involved in adoption and fostering. Publishes useful information leaflets and books about various aspects of adoption. Offers advice on tracing.
Barnados Counselling Service
Cottage No 1
Tanners Lane
Barkingside
Ilford
Essex IG6 1QG
(020) 8550 2688 (Mon - Fri 9.00am - 5.00pm)
Please put your request in writing. Provides a tracing service but only for adoption
through Barnados. Records start from 1947. Holds the previous Children's Aid Society records on file from the 1960s.
Childlink
10 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London SW4 7NQ
(020) 7498 1933 (Mon - Fri 9. 30am - 5.00pm)
Previously the Church Adoption Society. Deals with pre and post adoption work for people adopted through them. Offers a counselling service but not a tracing service.
TALKadoption Helpline
12 Chapel Street
Manchester M3 7NN
0808 808 1234 freephone (Tue - Fri 3pm - 9pm
A listening and information service for young people who are or may be adopted, siblings or friends of adopted people and young people who are or may be giving a child to be adopted. As well as providing immediate support on the telephone TALKadoption also provides information on: counselling and groups run by after adoption organisations, legal issues, how to trace birth parents, children and siblings including adoption contact registers and general register offices, international queries and decisions at pregnancy.
websites http://www.talkadoption.org.uk
and http://www.afteradoption.com