Forwarded to the list as it went originally to the subscription address! I am glad to see that even though it wasn't originally a Gippsland topic (you get better results from this sort of query on AUSTRALIA-L, and it does less to listowner blood pressure), thank you to Cyrus for turning it into a Gippsland topic. Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ ============================================================ Dear Gary, > >Also, are UK census records available locally? You didn't give your location, but the LDS Church in Traralgon has the 1881 census on microfiche,and some parts of the 1851 census ; and the Mid-Gippsland Family History Society has the 1881 cenus on CD-Rom. It is worthwhile checking the locality in the LDS Library catalogue, which is available at local LDS libraries and on the Internet. Often census records from other years are available on film and can be ordered in to the Local LDS Library > >Finally, are early electoral rolls available on microfiche or > >internet, or only at La Trobe Library? I would imagine that many early Victorian Electoral Rolls are available throughout Gippsland through municipal libraries, LDS Libraries and Family history groups- for instance, the La Trobe Shire Library in Morwell has the 1856, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1912 electoral rolls and the Mid-Gippsland Family History Society the 1903, 1908, 1949 rolls. Cyrus