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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 322 Send Message	Hayley	Report	25 Sep 2009 13:45
	Thank You. Very frustrating. Noone even knew he existed. he was a child from a first marriage and the son from the second marriage is still alive and is 85 and so has only just found out he had a half brother.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	25 Sep 2009 13:38
	Official legal adoption didnt start till 1927 so maybe he was put in a home and adopted after 1927. Adoption papers are only available to the adoptee I,m afraid . if the person has since died the info isnt available to anyone else
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 322 Send Message	Hayley	Report	25 Sep 2009 13:19
	I was wondering if anyone could help. I have just recieved a copy of a birth certificate for Percy Smith born 1922 in Barnet. It says in big letters on the certificate Adopted. Can i find records of the adoption? Also as the child was born in 1922, would the adoption have been official? Or as adopted is on the certificate does this mean he was adopted later? His mother died when he was 5 days old and so i assume his father just had him adopted becaus of this. Any help or advice would be great. thanks