Adoption and Aftercare Useful Links
The first port of call for anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching an adoption that took place in the UK.
UK Family history records. The complete 1841-1911 census collection online; births, marriages and deaths 1837-2006, parish records for baptisms, marriages and burials dating from 1538, migration records and more.
UK government website for ordering birth, death and marriage certificates.
General Register Office Ireland
Republic of Ireland government website for ordering birth, death and marriage certificates.
Publications
Useful publications from the British Association of Adoption and Fostering, 'What, When and How to Tell' for children, and 'Coming Home to Self' for adopted adults.
Genealogy
General family and ancestry research membership website.
Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths
Free access to the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales from 1837-1983.
The UK government's official archive of public records.
Archives and records in the Republic of Ireland.
80 million records covering Statutory and old Parish Registers, Census Records and more in Scotland.