110 years by Gary Clapton
110 years by Gary Clapton We are one of the oldest Edinburgh charities in existence. We’ve been stymied from celebrating our 110-year anniversary so often in the last year that we’ve decided to go ahead this month with as much “virtual” activity as possible. Our roots...
‘Forgotten Scots’, made to give babies up for adoption in 1960’s
‘Forgotten Scots’, made to give babies up for adoption in 1960’s A 79-year-old mother from the United States has launched a desperate search for her son she gave up for adoption in Scotland in the 1960s and has highlighted the plight of the...
Piecing together of identity for adopted people like dismantling a brick wall
Piecing together of identity for adopted people like dismantling a brick wall First, when a child leaves their birth family for an adoptive family, their name is changed and original birth certificate (Original Birth Entry – OBE) is annotated “adopted”. Click...
AUTUMN BULLETIN
AUTUMN BULLETIN Here’s the Autumn issue of our Bulletin. It is mostly taken up with an article on adoption papers, in particular Court Process and contains an account of accessing these at the Adoption Unit here in Edinburgh. Here's the Autumn issue of our...