Genealogy Chat

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I have noticed over the last year that there are more and more enquires asking for help with adoption and was wondering if it would be a good idea for GR to add a board just for such enquiries,

Feel free to add your comments.

Roy

It would be sensible wouldnt it. On Family Tree Forum there is a board just for enquiries re adoption issues.

Yes, I think it would be a good idea too.

Mary

Gr could just change the title of one of the under used boards

Has anyone tried E-mailing GR about this idea?

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Roy

It would certainly be a good idea to have a dedicated board.......

It would also be a huge step forward if GR enforced its guidelines about publishing personal details of living people.

I shudder every time I see an adopted person's full details on here..........without any consideration for the potential distress this could cause.

Equally, when the name of the birth mother is given...............what happens if she has since married, and chosen to keep to herself the fact of having had a child..............which she is entitled to do

Excellent idea. I've had a look for the oldest page 10 on each of the boards - my suspicion was that it would be the surname board, but actually that is just 8 days ago. The history board page 10 is dated 1 August, ten days ago, so that seems the best candidate for renaming?

[Edit - just seen Eric's thread - yes, absolutely, maintaining privacy for living persons should be encouraged and helped with strong guidance ]

Very Good idea.
Ellen.

GR have been asked many times by us adoptees to give us a separate board..........it just does not happen.........we have had enormously long adoption threads on here, running to many pages.
We do help eachother with suggestions and experiences of searching, but a thread with just names on is no use to anyone. You cannot look through hundreds of names on the off chance that there will be one for you.........there has to be a search option that will cross reference and link names/dates/places etc.........There are specialist sites that do this, some are free, some you have to pay..........there is also a special lady on these boards who will do her best to search.......we all know who she is and she has a lot of success.....
Eileen
birth name

n.....

It's not surprising that so many people are posting adoption threads. Almost 1 million children have been adopted in England and Wales since 1927.
I imagine a lot of people don't know that the contact laws have changed... I say Thank God for the internet :-)

I agree that GR should provide an ADOPTION Board as a service to members.

I am trying to make contact with descendants of deceased adopted parents or grandparents, who have hit a brick wall trying to get access to birth records or even from those those who have had success, I am working on something exciting that may eventually benefit all of us.

If you are affected in this way and your adopted parent died without accessing birth records, then please write to me and I will explain.

Frances