Hi, I'm new to the forum and just wonder if anyone can help point me in the right direction with my research. I've researched my deceased adopted maternal grandmother's history and know a lot about her birth family (Kent), her birth (ST Michael's Fellowship home for unmarried mothers in London, 1919) and her subsequent adoption in to a family in Swansea in 1920. I've always wondered why a baby born in London would have been adopted in Wales, whether there was a family connection (no one still alive knows what this could be) and whether the adoption was registered somewhere. St Michael's Fellowship have been incredibly helpful, but their records simply state that my grandmother lived in their home with her mother until Christmas Eve 2019, that she was fostered by a foster mother in Croydon after which she was adopted, with the adoption being arranged by the family. Her adoptive family already had 3 children, so it's always been a mystery as to how and why she ended up with them. I understand that adoptions before 1926 were privately arranged, so I may be reaching a dead end, but thought it might be worth asking if anyone has any advice. Many thanks, Johanna
