Well, it was mentioned at the Pioneer Women Seminar recently that many of the baby farmers here in Melbourne were minding children whose parents/grandparents were in New Zealand, Queensland, etc, from where the young girl had been sent to have her baby, then returned home from a 'holiday' and parents sent money to the baby farmers to mind the child. (Helen Harris's talk) So it's well within the realm of possibility. And I have 2 illegits in my tree who consistently give their grandparents as their parents, so either they never knew the truth or they were adopted by the grandparents, though that would have been informally back then. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aileen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:46 AM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Unwed mothers > I am trying to find the registration of a child born in 1902 . There is no sign of her in Victoria or South Australia . > Is it too far fetched to wonder if the mother was sent to Western Australia , where there could have been other family to have the baby ? Family were definitely there a little later . > Or is that clutching at straws ? :-) >