Margaret It is in the Golden Plains Shire or the old Grenville Shire. Try this addy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~amandataylor/ and also try to google there are a number of references to Pitfield Plains. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret trewick" <margaretwh@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: Pitfield Plains > My grandmother Emma Pennell Dalziel REED married James Rae in 1903. Her > occupation is listed as Grocery Business, Pitfield Plains. > Are there any index references to this area for this time please? > Thanks. Margaret > margaretwh@dodo.com.au > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Threaded archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/aus-vic-goldfields > >

Hi all! My ggg grandmother was Lucretia Hunt Pitfield from Dorset and the Pitfield name has come down through our family as a given name - does anyone know why 'Pitfield Plains' were so named? Many thanks. Michael >