Hello Fiona, I have indexes cases of the Victorian Supreme Court, Miscellaneous Equity, VPRS 12024/P1. I have drawn off all the "Late Registration of Birth" cases, but your man is not amongst them. If he was successful in his late registration the entry number in the birth index & certificate would be (a number following the last number in 1871, followed by X and the year of the late registration. Have you checked birth indexes for 1871 to see if there is a late registration? So if successful .... it should appear in 1871, No (for example) 14803 X 1910 Now, the regulation for Victoria was: In 1906 " After a period of seven years, the registration of a birth can only be effected on the authority of a Judge of the Supreme or County Court, and under the written authority of the Government Statist, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations published in the Government Gazette of 11th October 1899. The procedure is, first, to furnish full particulars on an Information Paper, accompanied by a fee of 2/6 for a search in this office; and if there be no record, then to procure a Baptismal Certificate (if available). An affidavit embodying a statement as to the non-registration and the reason therefor, and as to the marriage, and the birth of the child, together with a reference to the Baptismal Certificate (which should be attached), must be produced in Court, which matters would be better done under the advice of a solicitor. If authority be given by the Judge, the registration may be effected on the written authority of the Government Statist, on payment of a fee of ten shillings (to be affixed by a duty stamp to the entry on a loose sheet). In the Informant's column the following should be added: 'This registration is made by the written authority of the Government Statist under the authority of a Judge of the Supreme (or County) Court, and in accordance with the Rules and Regulations made under the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Act 1890' and the registrar must sign the entry. The sheet containing that entry, together with the papers bearing on the case, should then be at once forwarded to the Office of the Government Statist for inspection." "NB in each case the Statutory Declaration, usual in the case of a registration after 60 days, must be made by the informant before registration." So, as he did not make a successful application to the Supreme Court (and only the successful have been kept in the records) He may have applied through the County Court in the area of Omeo/Bairnsdale, or in the County Court in the area in which he lived. Hope that's been written clearly for anyone else finding themselves in a similar situation Regards Ada Ackerly formerly Ackerly Docusearch Melbourne Fiona Harris wrote: > Dear Listers > > I am looking for my great grandfather's birth record. He was supposedly born in Omeo in 1871 but it appears that no birth certificate exists. In 1910 he sought to establish his date of birth and obtained letters from his Aunt and a family friend to certify the fact. > The Aunt's letter reads as follows: > > "This is to certify that the bearer George De Key Whitsed <snip>