adoption of older child in the late 1800s

[claybury]

HAVE JUST LEARNT THAT MY G/PARENTS ADOPTED A BOY WHO WAS ABOUT 5/6 YRS OLD, HE WAS A SON OF A FAMILY FRIEND, THERE WERE OTHER SIBLINGS BUT JUST THE ONE WAS ADOPTED BY MY G/PARENTS. IS THERE ANY WHERE THAT I COULD GET MORE INFORMATION FROM ABOUT THIS, AS IT WAS ABOUT THE 1890s would there be obtainable records anywhere. MANY THANKS FOR ANY HELP.

[craft1948]

Sometimes adopted children were still shown with their original names on the censuses.............have you checked on any of them for your grandparents?

[CheekyChops]

There weren't any laws concerning adoption until the 1920's so it was usually done informally, by a friend or relative, and you are therefore unlikely to find any records.