Hi all I know that there is a link somewhere to find out the place abbreveations of one's birth, death & marriage etc - but I cannot find it. I have just checked my gggrandfathers death record (he died in Victoria 1865) but place of birth states GREE - which I intially thought was Greenock in Scotland (don't know why I thought that) but now I am wondering if it was something simple like Greensborough ( I guess that's too easy) but usually the people on digger that were born overseas are at the bottom of the record and my Duncan Clark is closer to the top - any takers Thanks for listening - I think I am starting to answer myself as well - lol Regards Darlene

Darls, Seeing he was born 1817 and he had no one with him who knew his parents names when he died, I would hazard a guess that he was NOT born here. Getting the certificate would be your best bet to find out what GREE means, Greece? Greenland? I think a scottish heritage sounds better. Regards Les On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:10:30 +1100, Darls <mrsdoubtfire@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > Hi all > > I know that there is a link somewhere to find out the place > abbreveations of one's birth, death & marriage etc - but I cannot find > it. > > I have just checked my gggrandfathers death record (he died in Victoria > 1865) but place of birth states GREE - which I intially thought was > Greenock in Scotland (don't know why I thought that) but now I am > wondering if it was something simple like Greensborough ( I guess that's > too easy) but usually the people on digger that were born overseas are > at the bottom of the record and my Duncan Clark is closer to the top - > any takers > > Thanks for listening - I think I am starting to answer myself as well - > lol > > Regards > Darlene > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > The mailing list for the golden triangle of Ballarat, Bendigo and > Maryborough VICTORIA > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Darls" <mrsdoubtfire@iprimus.com.au> Subject: place abbreveations > Hi all > > I know that there is a link somewhere to find out the place abbreveations of one's birth, death & marriage etc - but I cannot find it. > http://members.westnet.com.au/web/talltrees/resources/vic_abbr.htm Cheers, Carolyn Harris PO Box 4157, Myaree Business Centre, Myaree 6960, Western Australia talltrees@westnet.com.au Tall Trees Family History http://members.westnet.com.au/web/talltrees Perth Dead Person's Society http://www.perthdps.com/research/har02.html Legacy Family Tree is now FREE. Download from http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=27495Ji ================================================== Genealogists never lose their jobs, they just go to another branch!