Ros Just to clarify a point on the book number. Would I be correct in saying that the registrar issued the books numbers to the district who in then allocated them to the respective place of registration within that District, hence there would only be one book of a particular number. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ros Dunstall" <daisygirl.1212@gmail.com> Cc: <AUS-SAGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] Folios and Pages on Certificates > Hi Sheelagh, Lyn and listers, > > below is an example from a death cert: > Date: 1929-12-28 > Residence: Goodwood > Death Place: Goodwood > District Code: Ade > Book: 517 > Page: 304 > > This tells us that the registration district for Goodwood was > Adelaide. The Registrar would receive a copy and a copy kept with the > District registrar who in 1929 could possibly have been at the Police > Station, or Council Office [for example]. So the death record is sent > to the State Registrar and is filed according to the book and page > recorded on receipt > in his office. The original of the District copy for Dist. Ade is > recorded at Unley Library and I believe the originals are now kept at > State Records and are indexed at the library. A full copy of each > District copy is kept at SAGHS. > > Two other District Codes are Hin [Hindmarsh] PtA [Pt Adelaide] -. the > District copy for these two districts are kept at Hindmarsh Library > and Pt Adelaide Library respectively. > Other District copies are kept at the major Library in that area. > > So if you wish to order a copy of a certificate the Book and Page No > are important for the > search to find the correct person, although not entirely necessary as > there is the name and date as a search reference also. > > Hope this explains these fields > > Ros > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Lyn oSchrvyver <schryver@i inet.net.au> > wrote: >> Could the answer be posted for others ? >> >> >> >>> Hello >>> Can any one help with the Folios Numbers on certificates. Where they are >>> for, what part of Adelaide etc. >>> Folio 185/Page 88? >>> With Thanks >> Thank you >> Lyn Schryver >> Western Australia >> >> Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 5519 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message