> Hello Chris ans others interested, > > Local registrations were filled out on the supplied pre-printed > sheets. The local registration number appears in the far left gutter, > outside the printed section. > > Every three months these sheets were forwarded to the office of the > Registrar General, where the districts were arranged in alphabetical > order, and the central registry number for that year was stamped in > the central gutter, between the two pre-printed halves. They were then > entered into the hand-written alpha index. > > The first entry for the year would be # 001. Each quarter the sheets > were sent in, put together in the same way and numbered consecutively. > When the last sheet was numbered, they were all bound into a volume > for that year, and the new year began, again, with # 001. > > Local registrars kept a small exercise book in which they entered, > usually, the surname > e.g. for Werribee in 1902, thus: > Cunningham Mary Margaret 1081, Julia Cecilia 1130, Thomas Gregory > 1244, Agnes Catherine ..... > e.g. Amherst , thus: > "Monthly reports" Birth reg No., place of birth, date, sex BUT NO NAMES! > e.g. Amherst, 1879, thus > Reg number, name, area where born > e.g. Koroit, thus: > No dates, full name and registration number > e.g.The Springs 1861, thus: > John, son of Thomas and Susan Smith, no number, no date. > e.g. Talbot 1885, thus: > reg number, name. > > I gained these from VPRS 3653 "Country Registration Books" Most books > are local indexes to deaths. Only a representative number of books > with names of districts are found in these nine LARGE and very heavy > boxes. Many books do not name the district. Years ago I managed, by > reference to the birth indexes on microfiche to name and date some of > these books, but I decided my time could be better spent on another > project I was then involved with. > > As you can see, not much info was kept at the local level. I only > listed Box 5: Birth books forAmhurst Talbot Mornington Koroit > Mansfield The Springs Lethbridge Smythes Creek, Smythesdale Inglewood > Werribee Kerang Shepparton Wyndham Warrnambool Shepparton Seymour all > these in box 5 > > Box 2 has Geelong births up to 1954 (Shush, don't let that out or > they'll be removed!) > Box 1 has Bendigo births to 1933 (Shush with these, too) > > You'll need big muscles and long arms to lift & get into the bottom of > the boxes! > > Regards, Ada Ackerly > > > Chris Ward wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> >> >> Mine is a general query concerning birth registration in the Miners Rest >> area between 1869 and 1883. >> >> >> >> I am assuming that the actual registration was done at a local office in >> Ballarat and then a copy or transcript was forwarded to Melbourne for >> the >> "formal" registration. I do realise my assumption could be inaccurate. >> >> >> >> However, if this is the case I'm wondering if those original >> registrations >> can be accessed. I have four births where there is information that >> could >> have been mis-transcribed from the information originally proved. >> >> >> >> I guess another way of asking the same question is - Was there both a >> district registration record and a state registration record. >> >> >> >> I'm afraid I'm an uninformed South Australian who does NOT support >> the Crows >> or the Power(less) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >