Adoption » Locality Specific: UK & Ireland

Adoption Rights Alliance....regaining identities, histories and rights for adopted people in Ireland

The mission of Adoption Rights Alliance is to advocate equal human and civil rights for those affected by Ireland's closed secret adoption system.

Adoption, Search & Reunion

This UK-based website contains a free searchable database of where to find adoption records in the UK and Ireland and how to access them. It also includes advice on searching for and making contact with birth relatives and information about the legislation in force in England and Wales and the intermediary services that are now available to adopted people and birth relatives. There is also a section especially for agencies and professionals who offer advice on accessing information and intermediary services.

Born To Be Found

A webspace specialising the tracing of UK natural birth parents of adoptees/siblings and similar. Also provides a free database messaging service.

Find A Parent Or Child

UK website using profile registration, together with access to electoral register and births deaths and marriages to reunite parents and children.

GOV.UK - Adoption records

National Records of Scotland - Research Guides - Adoption Records

Registering life events : Directgov - Government, citizens and rights

Order birth, marriage, death, civil partnership, stillbirth or adoption certificates. You can order certain certificates online, by post or telephone through the General Register Office or from the local authority where the event took place.

The National Archives - How to look for Adoptions

A research guide from The National Archives, United Kingdom.

UK Birth Adoption Register

The original and only online searchable adoption contact register for the UK. Over 15,000 members that are searched daily.