England & Wales birth certificate 1961, adoption?

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Hello everyone

If I obtained a birth certificate from a birth registered in England in 1961 and this person was later adopted, would I expect to find some kind of note or annotation to reference this subsequent adoption?

Andy 

[MJW]

From my understanding and experience, there will have been been 2 birth certificates issued:-

1) original birth certificate under birth name, showing birth parents, "Adoption" written against entry

2) adoption birth certificate (certified copy of entry from Adoption Children Register) under adopted name
- this replaces original birth certificate for adopted child
- shows adoptive parents & adoption order date/place,
- no reference to birth name or birth parents

In many cases, an adopted person might not see the original or know the information on it.

Hope this helps.
  Malcolm 

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From my understanding and experience, there will have been been 2 birth certificates issued:-

1) original birth certificate under birth name, showing birth parents, "Adoption" written against entry

2) adoption birth certificate (certified copy of entry from Adoption Children Register) under adopted name
- this replaces original birth certificate for adopted child
- shows adoptive parents & adoption order date/place,
- no reference to birth name or birth parents

In many cases, an adopted person might not see the original or know the information on it.

Hope this helps.
  Malcolm

Thanks, MJW.

I'm thinking about the first case, the original birth certificate. So it seems there would be annotation confirming adoption.

Thanks again

[MJW]

I've seen several original birth certificates for adopted children, and each has the word "Adopted" written in the margin at the right-hand side, there's no other information about the adoption.

These links below might be useful. The first link shows a reply from General Register Office confirming that:- "The original birth record is not removed following an adoption, however, the entry in the birth register is annotated with the word "adopted" in the margin and all subsequent copies of the entry will show the annotation."

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/birth_certificates_of_adopted_ch

https://blog.vitalcertificates.co.uk/i-was-adopted-how-can-i-get-a-copy-of-my-birth-certificate/

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records

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I've seen several original birth certificates for adopted children, and each has the word "Adopted" written in the margin at the right-hand side, there's no other information about the adoption.

These links below might be useful. The first link shows a reply from General Register Office confirming that:- "The original birth record is not removed following an adoption, however, the entry in the birth register is annotated with the word "adopted" in the margin and all subsequent copies of the entry will show the annotation."

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/birth_certificates_of_adopted_ch

https://blog.vitalcertificates.co.uk/i-was-adopted-how-can-i-get-a-copy-of-my-birth-certificate/

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records

Thanks for the useful links