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From: Brenda Paternoster< >
Subject: Re: Help with a Birth Cert.
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 99 23:43:19


On Wed 2 Jun 99 (08:10:36 +0100), wrote:
>The adoption certificate should give her birth name, date of birth and
>natural mother's name. If you are really lucky, it will give the
>natural father's name - although this is usually not recorded on either
>the adoption or birth certificate.
>
No it doesn't. Adoption certs *refer only to the adoptive parents and the
child's adopted name; there is no reference to the child's natural parents or
his/her original name* quote from Never Been Here Before; a genealogist's
guide to the FRC.

Brenda in Kent
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