Dr Joanna North from Joanna North Associates speaks to Milly about her lifelong search to piece together her identity through her life story. Milly reveals an emotional journey of searching for her birth mother over decades and the failure in the system that prevented her from gaining access to her records.   This is the first of four podcasts in this series...

Useful links:
joannanorth.co.uk
relativeconnections.co.uk

Helpful leaflets:
www.joannanorth.co.uk/category/adoption-support-services/

Helpful videos:
www.joannanorth.co.uk/category/adoption-support-videos/

Expert Family Researcher David Oates from BBC1’s Family Finders and Jo North have worked together for four years in Joanna North Associates where they have undertaken hundreds of searches for people affected by adoption searching for their first families. The company is Ofsted registered as Outstanding in their service.    Dave has worked as a trace researcher for ten years, having traced thousands of relatives for family members, more recently focussing on adoption. Jo has worked in the field of Adoption Support for fifteen years and she focusses on the psychology and wellbeing of the service they provide, having written her doctoral thesis on helping adopted children. Together with the team at JNA they provide a solid base for people going through the adoption journey.

The People Search Podcast is perfect if you are looking to trace and contact an old friend or long-lost family member. We talk about everything from family history and genealogy to tracing people affected by adoption.