Adoption certs Werburgh St. v Joyce House

mucker2b

Hi, I am about to begin a search for my birth mother with my non identifying information. Could somebody explain to me through difference in forms found in Joyce House on Lombard Street and those found in Werburgh Street. I was told that I can find my own original birth certificate and that of others afterwards in Lombard Street but I'm not sure what I would find in Werburgh Street.

Thank you

pinkypinky

Werburgh St provides research copies only. They have identical information but cannot be used for legal purposes like getting a passport.

You cannot search in Lombard St, just get legal certs.

mucker2b

Thank you pinkypinky. I read another thread earlier from this week and it seems that the GRO is where I should start. Am I correct in saying that is Werburgh Street?

Hermy

Yep, it's in Werburgh Street.

mucker2b

Thank you hermy. I managed to get my full birth name and my mother's name from the non -identifying information given to me by Tusla. Next step now is to trace my mother's details.

PJTUMBLEWEED

Hi mucker2b,

I also got my non-identifying information from Tulsa, but I didn't get an age for my birth mother or where she was from, not even a Provence. I was just wondering did you get this information? and if you didn't how are you going to find your birth mother's birth certificate?

mucker2b

PJTUMBLEWEED wrote: »

Hi mucker2b,

I also got my non-identifying information from Tulsa, but I didn't get an age for my birth mother or where she was from, not even a Provence. I was just wondering did you get this information? and if you didn't how are you going to find your birth mother's birth certificate?

Hi Pj,

The info that I got from Tusla included the following ;

Christian name only
Hospital of birth
Weight at birth
Mother's age
Mother's home county
Brief details about her relationship with her own mother and father and my own father
Time scales from my birth to being moved between mother and baby homes and adoption agencies before finally being adopted

From this information I was able to determine my surname in the GRO by searching through the books. I was then able to request my birth cert and my mother's name was on the cert.
I now have a few options for my mother having checked the years around her own year of birth, using her age at my birth as a guide.

Hope this helps,
Mucker2b

PJTUMBLEWEED

Thanks for reply,

I got my non-identifying info earlier this year, I did ask my for b mothers age and where she was from but was't given an answer, so I really did get non-identifying info!!

Good luck with your search.

mucker2b

PJTUMBLEWEED wrote: »

Thanks for reply,

I got my non-identifying info earlier this year, I did ask my for b mothers age and where she was from but was't given an answer, so I really did get non-identifying info!!

Good luck with your search.

afaik of they have that info that you are looking for them you are entitled to it. It is only when it comes to birth certs etc. that complications kick in wrt privacy etc. If try them again and ask. Maybe there is no info there add it could have been 'mislaid' but I'd ask specifically if I were you.

PJTUMBLEWEED

Maybe there is no info there and it could have been 'mislaid'


I'm fairly certain that Tulsa have the information, they just didn't want to give it to me, I imagine the staff are under orders and are only doing their jobs. Thanks again, your replies were helpful to me. Looks like I'll have to wait for the adoption Bill to be passed, lets hope my birth mother and birth father live long enough for me to meet them.

mucker2b

PJTUMBLEWEED wrote: »

Maybe there is no info there and it could have been 'mislaid'


I'm fairly certain that Tulsa have the information, they just didn't want to give it to me, I imagine the staff are under orders and are only doing their jobs. Thanks again, your replies were helpful to me. Looks like I'll have to wait for the adoption Bill to be passed, lets hope my birth mother and birth father live long enough for me to meet them.

Your welcome, no problem at all. Good luck

Hermy

Have you tried asking the Adoption Authority for your non-identifying information?

They provided me with my mothers age and home county, information which TUSLA did not provide to me!

PJTUMBLEWEED

Thanks Hermy,

I'll look into that.