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Archival Series Statements of surrender and adoption (1921 - 1939)

Waitara Foundling Home

From
1921
To
1939

Summary

These are original references and statements signed by adoption parents. These babies are usually indexed in the Card index, 1921-75.

Access Access to information is restricted to the person to whom the information relates, or to an immediate relative who can prove their relationship to that person. Access to information about adoptions is restricted to the adopted person, birth parents, and adoptive parents within the provisions of the NSW Adoption Act 2000. People seeking information about an adoption will undergo an interview with a member of the Adoption Support Team as part of the process of obtaining information.

Contact
All requests for information should be directed to Catholic Community Services,
PO Box 2118, Hornsby, NSW 2077.
Phone: (02) 9479 3300.

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Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCSWR/_assets/main/documents/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing

Created: 10 August 2011, Last modified: 6 June 2012