thanks Ronda, I think it would be worth while having it checked out nevertheless, just to try to get the facts right. D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronda Shambrook" <shambrookdr@dcsi.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [HC] So near and yet so far > Hi Denise, > The school records I have viewed at the PRO are the 'building files' and > the > 'correspondence files'. It is just a matter of pure luck as to what they > contain eg. Hillsborough files has lots of names and birthdates of pupils, > as they were looking at closing the school. Bruarong has lots of day to > day > dramas, as a crazy parent kept writing in with trivial complaints. I have > found newspaper clippings (sent in to back up an argument), original > doctors > certificates, all sorts of really interesting and relevant stuff. On > other > occasions I've drawn a complete blank. > Ronda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:09 PM > Subject: [HC] So near and yet so far > > >> Hi all, >> >> I am wondering if anyone has ever accessed the Chiltern School records >> for > 1867? >> >> If I can access these records then I can prove once and for all that > Susie, daughter #4 of Hiram was born in the US that year. >> >> Denise >> >