Tracing someone who is in England

freeicetea

Hey, I'm also an adopted person, adopted through CPRSI in the 80's.

Had my first meeting with the social worker regarding tracing and was told it could take up to two years for a search but that I was welcome to start it myself.

She moved to Britain shortly after my birth and is believed to still be there. I have no surname or date of birth just the usual basic information they give you at the first meeting.

I know the adoption website gives tips on tracing through birth and marriage records but what can i do if she is in England? Is there websites I can track? The social worker said it is easier to find her because she moved to England why is that??

kathy finn

hi the first thing u have to do is find your orignal birthcert, do you know what name your birthmother called you, if u do it will be easy enough.
go to the birth,deaths and marraige records room in the irish life mall in dublin and ask for the books for births in the year you where born.
then look through the books very carefully looking for your date of birth, when you come across a baby born on that date cheak for the mothers surname being the same on the maiden name.
once you have your mothers name it will be easy enough to get a marraige cert for your mother if she was married in england there are loads of websites like ancestry uk which have records on the internet for a price.good luck.....kathy

freeicetea

Thank you Kathy,

I'm heading in there tomorrow to look, hopefully I'll be successful

kathy finn

no problem, let me know how you get on.....kathy

freeicetea

Ok so I have her surname! Getting excited now! GOnna go searching online, anyone know of the best website?

kathy finn

hi, i found ancestrey uk and find my past.com good websites.
you can buy credits, so you don,t have to take out an annual subscription.
i found my mothers marraige and death record on these.

freeicetea

Going to try ancestry uk. All I have is her name though is that enough?

kathy finn

hi , it depends on how common the name is, you might end up with a couple of possibles if so you can order the marraige cert online and that will contain more info like parents names and where shes from which will narrow it down.

freeicetea

Had a look and no luck! sad

kathy finn

maybe she returned to ireland to get married, do you know where she,s from if so u could have a look at the church records to get married in a catholic church she would have had to apply for her baptismal cert so the church would have a record of that