Glasgow Twins given up for Adoption c.1953

[Tyresson2012]

Hi

Would anyone happen to have information on a "G" Carter, 26 Granville Street, Glasgow.  A relative of ours lived with them in 1953.  Just found a letter with the address on it but searched for hours and could not come up with anything?

[Tyresson2012]

I am looking for relatives who were born in Scotland in the 1950's.  Possibly 1953.  They were twins, one male one female and were given up for adoption and their mother returned home to Ireland.

Where is my best bet to find out any information about them?  I would love to find out about them and try and track them down so to speak.

[KGarrad]

I would start here:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/research/guides/adoption-records

And maybe Birthlink (details on the link)

[Tyresson2012]

Their mother was Helen Boyce whom is now deceased (2006)

[Tyresson2012]

Not sure if "G. Carter" was male or female, Helen Boyce was staying with this person in 1953.  Any help appreciated 😀



Twins / Carter topics merged.

[Forfarian]

You will not be allowed to see any of the adoption records relating to these twins. Adoption records are closed for 100 years; the only people allowed to see adoption records less than 100 years old are the adopted persons themselves, or their authorised representatives.

So your only hope, really, is that they themselves are interested in finding out about their birth mother.

[ScouseBoy]

I am looking for relatives who were born in Scotland in the 1950's.  Possibly 1953.  They were twins, one male one female and were given up for adoption and their mother returned home to Ireland.

Where is my best bet to find out any information about them?  I would love to find out about them and try and track them down so to speak.

  Try   to buy a copy of their birth certificate, I suggest.

[MonicaL]

Tyresson2012, without actually doing this type of search in person at one of the main genealogy centres, it is tricky as you cannot view any birth cert online (100 year privacy rule). Doing this search in person, lets you view these certs in detail on the terminals there. By this time you can also search (in person only, not online) using mother's maiden name which obviously helps too.

One thing you can do though on the main online index is look for sequential numbers on the register. With twins, you would expect the numbering to follow. There are two Boyce births, both boys though, in the Glasgow area in Camlachie in 1954. Not sure if they connect with what you are looking for. I will send you a personal message with their names and refs.

Monica 

[Forfarian]

Would anyone happen to have information on a "G" Carter, 26 Granville Street, Glasgow.  A relative of ours lived with them in 1953.  Just found a letter with the address on it but searched for hours and could not come up with anything?

1953 is too recent for the available information to be online. You need to consult the Registers of Electors. There are copies of these in the Mitchell Library/Glasgow Archives, and in the National Records of Scotland and the National Library of Scotland, both in Edinburgh.

If you can't go there in person, you can contact any of those for assistance, or you can hire a professional searcher, or you can try to find a kind soul wo is going to one of them and would be willing to look them up on your behalf.