Genealogy Chat

Hi Jess, Julie ,Nell Will try all the options you all suggest thank you ,parents were married for about 5 mnths before Beatrice was born and mother and father were in good health, obviously all her bros and sisters want to meet her ,i have found a Beatrice Dolan Stuart on the stuarts board same b.day born in the same place emailed her , got an automated reply asking for more details so i provided more am now waiting to hear ,fingers crossed thanks again for all your help Carol xxx

Spelling errors occur everywhere. I have a marriage cert which the groom signed correctly, without noticing that his name had been mispelt by the registrar. As recently as the late 1970s my grandfather's death cert has his place of birth mispelt and his birth year is wrong too. When people register bmds they aren't always focused on checking that they are correct. I was very particular over my marriage cert and my sons' birth certs, but that's because I am a bit of a stickler for accuracy. nell

Perhaps if you can find out who dealt with the adoption ie Council, Church Society and contact them saying you want contact. She may have left a message for her family. Also if you know the area perhaps a message in the paper. She'd be in her 70's now but perhaps if it was mentioned a relative might see it. All the usual web sites for leaving messages Lookupuk, Adoption match, Missing-you net, friends reunited too plus Channel 4's Lost Touch Teletext page 151 I think

It would suggest to me that her birth was registered by someone who just wanted it 'over and done with' and that it may have been registered by someone other than her mother (who did register the birth?) As to 'why' many many reasons- They may NOT have been married ,they may have had no where to live, no money, she may have been disabled, Birth mother may have been ill at the time.....or all sorts of other reasons. Have you actually asked the Aunt who gave her away? Jess

Hi Jess Sorry been out of action for a while , Beatrice Dolan Stuart was the name her natural parents registersd her in ,they also put there name down as Stuart when in fact it was Stewart why we dont know unless the registrar got it wrong , but thats the way it is spelt on her birth cert ,the parents were married at the time so why they wanted her adopted i dont know as they went on to have 4 more children and in the name of Stewart ,am trying to find her Carol

is that her adopted name or the name she had when she was given for adoption?

Hi Nell Iwill try that , just wondered why they spelt her name wrong it was ew and not ur weird Carol

If she was adopted, she will almost certainly have changed her name. I don't know about Scottish adoption laws, but here you can apply to be put on a list which an adopted person can see, so they choose whether or not to contact you. See here for more info: www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/adoptions/adoptioncontactregister/birth_relative_application.asp

I have the birth entry of my mothers cousin , her name on entry is Beatrice Dolan Stuart ,when in fact it was Stewart , she was adopted when she was a baby is there any way i could find her , she was born in 1931 august 17th Carol