Was hoping someone could offer suggestions on the following: I looked this birth up at the local library on both the NSW microfisch & the NSW cd rom, but I'm still not sure if it's the right one. The place of registration on the microfisch says: VK The place of registration on the NSW Cd Rom says: FAR SOUTH COAST;CO. DAMPIER I do not know of any Dampier in NSW and was hoping someone could offer a suggestion as to where it might be? I thought it might be a diocese or something along those lines, but I'm just not sure. The full entry for the person involved is: TULLY James 1852 father: Patrick mother: Mary Roman Catholic Far South Coast; Co. Dampier V18521170 62 (or V18521170 69) .... I think I have may have taken one of them down incorrectly, so not sure if it's 62 or 69. Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards and all the best for a wonderful festive season, Gina http://hometown.aol.com/ginahammond/myhomepage/heritage.html

on 20/12/00 5:01 AM, GinaHammond@aol.com at GinaHammond@aol.com wrote: > Was hoping someone could offer suggestions on the following: > I looked this birth up at the local library on both the NSW microfisch & the > NSW cd rom, but I'm still not sure if it's the right one. > The place of registration on the microfisch says: > VK > The place of registration on the NSW Cd Rom says: > FAR SOUTH COAST;CO. DAMPIER > I do not know of any Dampier in NSW and was hoping someone could offer a > suggestion as to where it might be? Co. = County For purposes of controlling land titles the government divided the colony (true of all of them I think) into counties and parishes - neither of which are a lot of help to us, because we rarely come across them (except in areas where the term has been used for other administrative purposes: e.g. County of Cumberland meaning the greater Sydney area). So you need a map showing the counties - you should be able to get one from the Lands Department (whatever it's called these days) or possibly from http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/ (what used to be the Land Titles Office). I found a reference to a Parish of Dampier in County White - which may be the same thing - in the Parish Map Preservation Project (at http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/maps/pmap/ HTH -- Michael Saclier Historical & Genealogical Research Services Phone: +61 2 6281 4117 Fax: +61 2 6281 4118 E-mail: saclierm@spirit.com.au Mail: PO Box 431, Curtin ACT 2605