Access to Records Service Enquiry Form

Access to Records Service for Adopted Adults connected with Adoption Matters Banner

We offer an access to records service to all adopted adults who were adopted through our agency (and any historic connection to our agency listed below) to provide you information about your adoption. This includes people who were adopted through the following registered adoption agencies:

Adoption Matters
Adoption Matters Northwest
Chester Diocesan Adoption Agency
Blackburn Diocesan Adoption Agency
Durham Diocesan Moral Welfare Association (which included Hartlepool Deanery Moral Welfare Association, Gateshead Moral Welfare Association, Jarrow Deanery Moral Welfare Association, Jarrow Deanery Adoption Society, Stockton Adoption Society)
Durham Diocesan Family Welfare Council (which included Durham Diocesan Adoption Society and Durham Adoption Society)
Durham Diocesan Family Welfare Council / Durham Family Welfare / DFW Adoption

We also hold records for:

St. Bridget’s Mother & Baby Home, Chester
St Agnes’ Mother and Baby Home, Duke Street, Darlington (committee minutes, admissions list, babies born list 1950s-1970s).

Our service to you

Adoption Matters is committed to offering an access to records service to all adopted adults connected to Adoption Matters and its historic agencies listed above.

As a children’s charity, we do not receive any funding or income to support this service but Adoption Matters is committed to continue to offer this vital service. Therefore, if you are able to offer any donation to our charity, we would greatly appreciate it.

Post Adoption Support Service Enquiry Form

If you are an Adoption Matters connected adult and are interested in accessing our access to records service, please complete our enquiry form below and a member of our team will be in touch.

Full name*
DOB*
DD dash MM dash YYYY
Birth Name(s) (if known)
(if unknown the please write UNKNOWN and our team will be in touch with information on how to support you)
Birth Parent's Name(s) (if known)
Adopters name(s):
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Email*
If you would like a member of our post-adoption support team to contact you to discuss your enquiry in more detail, please provide the following:
Contact number
Thinking of information you have already, do you have:
- Your original Birth certificate
- Adoption certificate
- Any information from your adoption file
(please tick all that apply)
Any additional information: If you would like to add any additional information you feel is relevant to your enquiry, please advise below:
Do you have any additional information about this enquiry that you wish to share with our team at this time?
Please note that by submitting this form we will ONLY contact you regarding your interest in adoption. We will not add you to the Adoption Matters mailing list and we never share any details with third parties without your prior permission.
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