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Does anyone know (those from the UK or Scotland)?
why access to OBCs became available to adoptees in Scotland in 1930?
And why access to OBCs adoption records opened in England and Wales in 1975?
How did these open access laws come into being? Was there some kind of action taken by those affected by adoption that helped to change the adoption records laws in these countries? If so, what types of actions and by whom?
I have been trying to research historically how these changes came about, but have had no success.
Any help from our UK friends on this subject would be most appreciated.
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- Carol cLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Perhaps there is someone you can contact to get your answers on one of the websites below...
NORCAP is an excellent organization for information on adoption laws and I would guess, history.
I am not from the UK but do quite a bit of genealogical research there.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
I've been doing some searching around but can't answer your questions as to why the law has been changed in Scotland/UK over the years. Nor can I find anything about action either so all I can assume is that social services and politicians think differently here. It is frustrating not being able to find out anything useful. The adoption law does change every few years here to make it easier for adoptees and natural families to get information but why seems to be very much behind closed doors.
