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Sorry if this is too late to help - I've just spotted this query.  In response to the question about spelling of names - it was common practice until fairly recently for RC registers to Latinise the name, so Maria might actually be Mary or Maria on the birth certificate, Patricius might be Patrick or Padraig. Patricii refers to being the Father of x.  The Latin could be somewhat dodgy depending on how long it was since the priest had studied its grammar.

Maureen

I've been given a lot of birth and death information about relatives who emigrated from the UK to Victoria and their children.  I'm struggling with some of the Birth Places which are abbreviated to 3 or 4 letters eg SAND.  Does anyone know of a site where I can find a list of abbreviations and the full name of the town or village?  I believe they're mostly in the Ballarat region - the emigrants from here were coal miners who went to try their hand in the gold mines.
Thanks
Mauve

Thanks for taking the time to look.
Thomas died 1868 April, so Ann was widowed with a young family and then seems to have married again quite quickly.  
I wondered if there was a "coal rush" to America, a bit like the gold rush but when they got there they found that life wasn't actually any better and came back - pure imagination with not a shred of evidence to back it up.
Hannah went on to marry into my paternal family in 1894 so I've got information on her after that, just her birth seems unusual.

CaroleW - that seems a fair assumption re name.  Thank you.
Jacquie - thanks a million.  I thought I'd seen that some time ago when her name first cropped up, then I couldn't find it again and thought I was dreaming.  I'll make sure to copy it this time and bookmark it.

Mauve

Thank you for such quick responses.
Sorry, you're right about his Date of Birth.  I'll try using the reference now.  Many thanks.
Mauve