Dear Listers I have just joined this list and 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 is my sister's son born at Omeo in the year 1871, I cant remember the month, but the register of his birth may be had at Bairnsdale Gippsland by writing to the RC Bishop. Signed Mary Maginnity (Aunt)"I thought perhaps the Bairnsdale Family History Group might have some transcriptions of these registers. Can anyone please tell me if the Bairnsdale Family History Group has an email address? Many thanks Fiona Harris Western Australia Researching HARRIS, FAIRFAX, WOOLAGHAN, WHITSED, FAIRWEATHER See my research interests at http://www.wags.org.au/mid/8912.htm _________________________________________________________________ What are you waiting for? Join Lavalife FREE http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D30288&_t=764581033&_r=email_taglines_Join_free_OCT07&_m=EXT