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Looking, on behalf of a friend, for Derrick Leslie Powell born 25 June 1946 in London and then adopted privately. He is the son of Ethel Freda Powell. Any information would be helpful. Thanks, Clare

As he was adopted then you would need to know his new name

Have you looked in members trees to see if anyone has him listed

Hi Shirley - yes I've looked in Members Trees with no joy under the name of Powell. Sadly my friend doesn't know his new name. This is really just a long shot, but you never know what it may turn up. Thanks, Clare

This guidance is copied over from another person's search, looking for their brother (just read some of the other searches on this page) :

Here's the link for the adoption contact register
https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register

Read the rest of the page - it will tell you how to make contact with an adopted person through an approved intermediary agency. They are permitted to access your brother's file although they aren't allowed to give you his new name. If they can trace him, they will approach him to ask if he wants contact with you. It will cost you ££

Although its a bit of a long shot, you could add a note/post'em to his birth entry on https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl . Say something like birth family would welcome contact and leave a generic email address to avoid cluttering your 'normal' email account with unwanted spam. On the offchance that he or a current relative looks for his original birth reg, they will see your message and be able to contact you.

Thanks for this patchem - I'll get onto it. It's for a friend of mine , so I'll talk to her about generic email addresses - as you say don't want my email account cluttered with spam. :-)