Resources

Birth records

ACE resources

• ACE - Pre-1975 Adoption Records, Post-1975 Adoption Records and Post commencement 2005 (PDF, 77 KB)
• ACE - Vetoes (PDF, 66 KB)
• ACE - Registration of a qualified Veto (PDF, 29 KB)
• ACE - Contact registers (PDF, 37 KB)
• ACE - Useful website addresses (PDF, 50 KB)
• ACE - Book list (PDF, 36 KB)
• ACE - Approaching reunion: information for adopted people and birth relatives (PDF, 51 KB)
• ACE - Information for Young People Who Want to Know About Their Origins (PDF, 34 KB)
• ACE - What is genetic attraction? (PDF, 22 KB)
• ACE - Information for adopted adults (PDF, 171 KB)

GOV.UK resources

• GOV.UK - Adoption records
• GOV.UK - The adoption contact register
• GOV.UK - General Register Office

Further resources

• Adoption Search Reunion
• Video - messages from adopted people and birth parents (YouTube)
• Growing Up as an Adopted Person and Contact with Siblings: with Ashley John Baptiste
• Unwed motherhood in the mid-20th century
• Ancestry