>My maiden name was DUNBABIN. I am trying to find out more about my >fathers early life. He was born in Korumburra in 1918 and in approx. >1939 he married an Isle Myrtle HOLMES. Had 3 children, Dawn b 1941, Joy >Patricia who was born in approx. Feb. 1941, but who died aged 6 weeks in >March 1943 and Cheryl who was born in approx. 1945. Cheryl was known as >Robyn. > >Dad and his family attended school in Korumburra so I was wondering if >there are any indexes perhaps of school records for the Korumburra area. > >James father was Frederick DUNBABIN who was one of 11 children, born to >John DUNBABIN and Amelia ALLEN. It does appear that only Frederick >DUNBABIN was the only child that was registered at birth. I have found >all the others by marriages and deaths. > >Hoping these names ring a bell. > >Cheers >Joy My mother was born in Korumburra in 1918 so I rang her and asked her... She remembers the name Dunbabin, they had a dairy farm, cant remember where now though. Perhaps Bena or Poowong. They did not go to school with her, however some were at school with her sister, who is 4 years younger, at the Korumburra Elementary High. School records shld be at Laverton. My aunt lives in Qld. Wld you like this taken further? as I cld write to my aunt. They left the 'burra in 1938. regards Lauris in Adelaide - cool & damp!