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 > > >