Hi Cheryl, Mount Cameron, Eglinton and Amherst are all in roughly the same location in Victoria. The best place to check these things is ............ http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ Regards ............. Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl reed" <reedcheryl@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:44 PM Subject: Birth registration location? > Hi list > > I am researching the Willett family. > > Yesterday I received a birth certificate after a very long search - the > reason I couldn't find it was Willett was spelt with a single t and > mother's name down as McPeel instead of McNeil and Jabez the father is > said to have come from Berkshire not Buckinghamshire - the registrar must > have been having a bad day! > > Elizabeth Willett was born 7 June 1870 at Mount Cameron, Eglinton - I am > wondering if there was an Eglinton in Victoria? I have found a Mount > Cameron near Amherst. > > Her father Jabez was the informant and gives his address as Ballaarat - > the birth was not registered until 3 months later in September 1870. > > I know he had a brother in Eglinton in NSW and wonder if Elizabeth could > have been born there - maybe the family was visiting at the time? If this > was the case should not her birth have been recorded in NSW? > > Thanks for your help. > Cheryl