Adoption in the UK

Lindac said:
My husband's grandfather was born in the workhouse and then 'adopted' in 1900. We researched this and it seems the workhouse either tried to have the children adopted by local families who were given a sum of money to help with the cost or if they were older they were sent abroad e.g. to Australia. Unfortunately the records we need to find any legal or other type of paperwork are not available. He lived with the adopted family in the 1901 and 1911 census.
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Yes. A weekly sum of four shillings a week, on the understanding that they were kept 'clean, well-clothed and fed and learnt good manners'.

My family were split up in the WH as children - one has fairly detailed records to support what happened to him, the other has been like searching for a needle in a haystack.
 
Lindac said:
Yes -we spent the day looking at the minutes but the book we needed was missing.Thank you anyway!
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I will have to try the Minute books or what other WH records I can find, must admit never tried those for these children, although had a good deal of success with my GG. Grandmother in Licolnshire using WH records that were still available, took some finding though with some help from members of this Great Group of people on Top Dog. arryboy
 
Daft Bat said:
The Adoption of Children Act of 1926 changed adoption from a private or amateur activity to a professional procedure, with trained Social Workers.

This forum is entitled Adoption pre-1913 so as to abide by the 100 year rule, for privacy purposes.

Edited to add: As each new year arrives, so will the forum title to reflect the 100 year rule. :)
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Duh! It's now 2015 and still says same
 
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