Hi Chris, Australia has nothing similar to the English census - they were done but not kept - there are small parts of some, mainly in New South Wales or the early part of the 19th Century when they were called "Musters" - too early for Victoria. For "local" Geelong information, your best option are the various Directories - some on-line at ......... http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtopic.htm Also, local rate books can help but of course neither of these options with give you the family members, just the head of the house. So although it appears we are behind the UK in resources we more than make up for it with our BDM indexes and certificates - ours are so superior to the English ones!! You don't mention where you live but Vic BDM Indexes are available at most larger libraries / genie centres etc. (older ones on fiche, newer ones on CD) In Geelong - Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong Regional Libraries, Deakin Uni (Waterfront), LDS FHC Centre, and local historical and family history societies. Regards .......... Susie Z Regards ............... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "kfarrow" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:04 AM Subject: [GEELONG] Census Query > Can someone answer a possibly stupid question please? After gaining so > much info from the English Census details, does Australia have such > records. Were they taking Census details too...Geelong in particular > for me? > Regards > Chris > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Susie for the info. Much appreciated Chris On 14/07/2007, at 10:21 AM, Susie Zada wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Australia has nothing similar to the English census - they were done > but not > kept - there are small parts of some, mainly in New South Wales or the > early > part of the 19th Century when they were called "Musters" - too early > for > Victoria. > > For "local" Geelong information, your best option are the various > Directories - some on-line at ......... > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtopic.htm > > Also, local rate books can help but of course neither of these options > with > give you the family members, just the head of the house. > > So although it appears we are behind the UK in resources we more than > make > up for it with our BDM indexes and certificates - ours are so superior > to > the English ones!! > > You don't mention where you live but Vic BDM Indexes are available at > most > larger libraries / genie centres etc. (older ones on fiche, newer ones > on > CD) In Geelong - Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong Regional Libraries, > Deakin Uni (Waterfront), LDS FHC Centre, and local historical and > family > history societies. > > Regards .......... Susie Z > > Regards ............... Susie Z > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kfarrow" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:04 AM > Subject: [GEELONG] Census Query > > >> Can someone answer a possibly stupid question please? After gaining so >> much info from the English Census details, does Australia have such >> records. Were they taking Census details too...Geelong in particular >> for me? >> Regards >> Chris >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District >> http://www.zades.com.au >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > Ken and Chris Farrow 3 Longshore Street Torquay, 3228 Australia 0352647613 (H) 0417689728 (M-Ken) 0418686752 (M-Chris) [email protected] (H)