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I have a birth certificate circa 1919 which has an annotation by the Registrar " Adopted" at Birth. Does this imply, family stepped in, or external adoption or that someone was awaiting the birth? So puzzling as Adoption Records are a minefield. As Roots Chat has solved so many of my previous  queries I will throw this open to all the wisdom out there, thanks.

Many thanks to Greerjv for tying up another of my loose ends. She solved the problem of my missing Great Uncle.From the other side of the world she told me my Great Uncle George was her Grandfather. The world really is getting smaller.

How difficult would it be to trace an adoption circa 1967/1968. I have been advised of date of birth/ place of birth and sex and Adoption Agency. Whilst I appreciate the need for discretion, as time has passed the need to know, has become paramount

This part concludes the saga of Jane McCallum born 11th March 1859;

When Jane's husband, Andrew Buchanan, died 20th January 1890 Jane was left with five children however she remarried 28th July the same year. Her second husband was James Docherty aged 29, a widower, living at 7 Quarry Row, Cambusnethan. Jane's address is the same although her surname, once again, is written as McCallion. James's parents are given as John Docherty and Elizabeth Docherty, nee Brownlie. This probably why James used both surnames.

This marriage produced four children;

1)  James Brownlie born 1892
2)   Stillborn daughter born 1894
3)   Annie Brownlie born 1896
4)   Mabel Florence born 1897 but she died aged 3 years 4 months.

So this really means the only details required are for James and Annie.

James born 1892 and married twice. First wife was Janet Rintoul. A few years ago Loves Autumn was looking for information regarding this marriage. But I have no contact details for this contributor.
James second wife was Helen Reid, whose home address on James Death cert is given as Edinburgh, she was in fact  the informant. Very sadly James Brownlie died in a  Workhouse/Lunatic Asylum in Stirling on 9th September 1953. I have no information, yet, of any children he may have had or what he did  during those missing years. Perhaps that is my next challenge. Possible army connection?

Annie Brownlie born 1896 Married John Graham McRoberts in 1921 and had four children.

1) James Brownlie McRoberts born 1920. He married Eliz Higgins in 1944

2) Robert Brownlie McRoberts born 1922 and married Ellen Allan Watt in 1962

3) John Brownlie McRoberts born 1924 and married Susan Scoular in 1952

4) Mary Brownlie McRoberts born 1926 and married John Haining Tollan in 1966

One mystery arising from this thread is that there seems to be another child from this marriage; i.e. Robert Brownlie McRoberts born 1930 but died that same year. Why would that have happened when there was already another Robert who was born in 1922?

Anyway back to Jane McCallum/Buchanan/Brownlie. By 1911 she was living in Motherwell with her husband ,James Brownlie, her son George Buchanan and her daughter Annie Brownlie.
Life, I hope, at that point was settled for Jane. James Docherty Brownlie died 27th March 1928 and Jane died 9th February 1931 in Motherwell. Obviously I never met Jane but I believe she was a strong woman.

Now going to put all my bits of paper into some kind of order

Thanks for that information and confirming that the dwellings would have been pretty spartan. From census reports a lot of the Buchanan family lived and worked on the estate. Sure must have been a hard life. I had a wander around the big House and the opulence therein, given the obvious surrounding poverty sticks in my mind. No wonder families decided to exchange the fresh air of Fintry for  the deepest, darkest, murkiness of industrial Lanarkshire. This story has taken me quite a few years I think I am almost there now.