I'd agree.. I think the person reporting the event went to the local registrar who wrote it down - and sent off that very piece of paper to the BDM office in Melbourne. It is not like the English system.. The original certs seem to come in batches from the regional offices, you can pick the various handwriting or dirty typewriter! That is not to say they did not make scrappy notes but it does not appear to be so from the few I have seen - they are always on the official forms. The original certs as held at BDM office are on line so you can view them - call up a few consecutive numbers and you should see what I mean. Sadly they cost $17.50 per cert to do so! Dawn (Melbourne) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of robert.j Sent: Tuesday, 1 July 2008 7:12 PM To: Chris Ward Cc: 'Warwick & Barbara'; [email protected] Subject: Re: Original birth registrations hi, I can't really be sure - but I think the answer is no - nothing remains except what you may obtain from the Victorian BDM office - in the meantime - how about posting the names and let some of us consider what may have occured - who knows some of us may be related to one of the 4 people of interest. remember that in the early days a lot of misspelling occured - due mainly to often heavy accents, lack of education, and generally poor communication - and thats just the clerks recording the information .. good luck - please post the names - some around here may be able to help cheers Robert 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 > > > ------------------------------- 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 __________ NOD32 3230 (20080701) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com