Hi to all, Been trying on and off for many years to assist my wife in discovering her biological family but we have repeatedly hit a stumbling block. My wife's birth certificate shows no father and has a handwritten note "adopted". Searching FreeBmd shows an entry with a suffix "s" which my research suggests means superseded (by another record?).
What we do not understand is there is no other reference. Other entries we have seen are suffix "s" and (usually) a handwritten amendment. Does this suggest an entry in an adoption register? Our understanding of the adoption process (1972) is that her birth certificate would be replaced by an adoption certificate? but a request for her birth certificate yields just that, her birth certificate as described.
Just to confound the issue the (FreeBmd) entry is "flagged" as a volume and range outside of use in that district at that time.
My wife's parents were married (to each other) at the time of her birth but it is common knowledge that her father is not her biological father and no other information has been offered.
After many false starts in our research I have found this forum and I am hoping someone can unravel the meaning of this and point us in the right direction.
Here's hoping!