Hi Susie, Thanks for your detailed reply and those pointers, and yes I have the "Emond" book. Once again thanks for your time. Regards from Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susie Zada" <szada@zades.com.au> To: aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 7 November, 2009 9:16:49 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Bilenan query thanks Hi Pauline, I've had a look at the church register you sent and also a few entries in the Geelong & District Consolidated Book Index ....... worth looking at the various references. I'm almost convinced that "Bilenan" is a house / property name and not a geographic place name as we know it today. I noticed the Edward COLLINS in "Bullockies, Draymen & Horsemen" and I this definitely looks like your man - it was dated 4 Jan 1841 and referred to some problems he had with his employer - Rev Benjamin HURST - which just happens to be the minister who baptised Edward John COLLINS on 9th February 1841. It says that COLLINS was employed at the Buntingdale Mission. Immediately above the COLLINS entry in the church register, is an entry for Francis Lee TUCKFIELD at Buntingdale "near Geelong" so I would say it was at or part of the Buntingdale Mission. So have a good look at the Book Index and the Directories Index - plenty there to follow up on. Also, I presume you're aware of "Emond Family History: from Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland to Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1854-2004" by Glennis Dees - if not, follow it up. Regards .............. Susie Z -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pjudd@westnet.com.au Sent: Sunday, 8 November 2009 3:38 PM To: AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEELONG] Bilenan query thanks Hi everyone, Thanks for the responses to my query, but still no luck. I’ve emailed the document to Susie as suggested and hopefully that’ll do the trick. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District http://zades.com.au ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message