Hi Mary and List, I think this will be the Tarra Survey, near Port Albert. Especially if you are going from a modern re-type of old records, as I have seen it incorrectly written in that way in the Pioneer Index. I don't THINK it would be used much after the 1850s, if then. Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ At 11:19 PM 3/03/00 +1100, you wrote: >Hello listers, > >Would anyone know what "Yarra Surv" Gippsland means on a birth >entry. > >Regards, >Mary of Melbourne >