Barbara, If you know where he was living (roughly) it may be an idea to look up electoral rolls. As his name is not all that common you may be able to pick up another person living at the same address and make some deductions? Jenny

Hi Barbara, At the moment marriages have only been released to 1930. A new CD is due to be released at any moment which takes marriages up to 1940ish. Perhaps even 1945. I'm sure you'll see on the lists when someone takes delivery of one. Hopefully it won't be long! Best wishes, Jenny

Greetings List, My local research group only have records up until 1930 for Victorian BDM, and were unable to guide me as to where I may be able to locate a marriage, circa 1938. Would someone on the list be able to help me as to where this information may be held? I am searching for the marriage of Douglas Rex Thornber, my uncle - whom would have been married during the above years. Thank you, Regards Barbara Banar Wanora Qld

hi i am looking for any information on the WAITE and WHYTE families who lived in the BROADFORD area in VICTORIA between about 1850-1900. regards lois

Hello Domonic, Yes, the AUS-VIC-CENTRAL list covers family and local history related to Seymour. Cheers Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 06:56 PM 02/10/2003 +1000, you wrote: >Does this list include genealogy related to the township and district of >Seymour? >Domonic

Does this list include genealogy related to the township and district of Seymour? Domonic

Hello Liz, I'm not sure if a listing of Wandong residents is going to help you except perhaps show someone by the name of NOLAN living in the area - your problem seems to be how does someone by the name of NOLAN connect into your family, however you don't mention the surname of the your family. I'd be inclined to say the first step is to find out if Catherine NOLAN is her unmarried name or her married name ............ I would actually be searching the Vic Marriages or births for a couple where he or the children have the surname of NOLAN and the mother's name is Catherine xxxxxx where xxxxx is your family name. Have you tried this option? Hope that helps ...... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Carey" <ejay@netspace.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:37 PM Subject: [AVC] Wandong > Hi All, > > I am new to this list and hopefully have the correct one. If not, please accept my apologies. > > I am interested to know if there would be any listing of residents of Wandong in 1889. I have a copy of a letter written by Catherine NOLAN of Wandong to her cousin [a great aunt of mine] who was living in outer Melbourne. My problem is that I cannot link the name of NOLAN with our family at this stage. > > If SKS can offer a suggestion, I would be most grateful. > > Liz > > Bairnsdale, Vic. > >

Liz you could try Wise's post office directories which are available on microfiche and your local library may be able to help if they have a research section or your local geni group may have them Derek > Hi All, > > I am new to this list and hopefully have the correct one. If not, please accept my apologies. > > I am interested to know if there would be any listing of residents of Wandong in 1889. I have a copy of a letter written by Catherine NOLAN of Wandong to her cousin [a great aunt of mine] who was living in outer Melbourne. My problem is that I cannot link the name of NOLAN with our family at this stage. > > If SKS can offer a suggestion, I would be most grateful. > > Liz > > Bairnsdale, Vic. >

Hi All, I am new to this list and hopefully have the correct one. If not, please accept my apologies. I am interested to know if there would be any listing of residents of Wandong in 1889. I have a copy of a letter written by Catherine NOLAN of Wandong to her cousin [a great aunt of mine] who was living in outer Melbourne. My problem is that I cannot link the name of NOLAN with our family at this stage. If SKS can offer a suggestion, I would be most grateful. Liz Bairnsdale, Vic.

Dear List I am new to the list so would like to post my family names. William John BECKWITH and Eliza WALSH lived in Woodend from about 1857. They had a small property which I believe was in Braemar Rd (according to the notice in the paper after Eliza's death in 1926) I haven't been able to find the location of Braemar Rd. Can anyone help? I am also connected to the GAYNOR and FISHER families and also to the DUKE family. I'm interested to hear from anyone with connections to these families. Regards Ann Ann Kerin Researching: Beckwith,Dunne,Eddy,Studds,Price,Duke,Gaynor,Powderly,Walsh,Hodson,Mowbray Conallin,Sinclair,Warden,McNie,McDonald,Kingston,Barnes,Dawson,House Kerin,O'Connor,McSweeney,Reardon,Wilkins,Kofoed

Does anyone have any information on John MacDonald ( son of Roderick MacDonald & Jane ) who died 22 Jun 1863 at Horsham . John was married to Mary McQueen & had William , James ( d 1945 Horsham ), Flora Jane , Roderick ( d 1928 Horsham), & John ( d 1939 Horsham). Or of these MacDonald's / McDonald's ? Lynn

Is/has anyone researched the O'CONNOR family descended from John (Jno) O'Connor who married Elizabeth Curran in Crusheen Co.Clare in 1855? John O'Connor died in Yea in 1891. We have recently got that far. Their children were: Mary, Catherine, Thomas, John, Daniel, Michael, Elizabeth, James (our ancestor) and Bridget. We would be delighted to hear from anyone with any information about the line. We will be visiting the Yea area around September 22nd for a couple of days, with a view to local research. James was our Grandfather, who married Mary Jane DAVIS in 1903. We understand that Mary Jane was born in Broadford in 1863. Mary Jane's parents were Thomas Davis and Eliza MCCHRYSTAL. Their children were Mary Jane, Annie Maria, Thomas Robert, Edward John, Eliza Hamilton, Francis William, Esther Sarah, Henry James, Wilfred Joseph, Violet Angelina. If you have any information or are related in any way, we look forward to hearing from you with a view to sharing information. Thanks Frank and Lynne O'Connor --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 14-Aug-03

Hello from Melbourne. Is anyone researching the names in the WOODEND area?: William HAIME. Married Christian CUNNING circa 1851 and after her death in 1862, he married ANNA MORGAN in 1863. Christian was my Great Grand Aunt. John GRAY (GREY on some records) Married Marion CUNNING 21 JAN 1859. Theie son John was buried in WOODEND Cemetary in 1875. Marion was my Great Grand Aunt. Cheers, Bob Cunning

Cross-Posted to various lists Just to let you all know if you have any interests in the Newstead Vic district the local historical has just got a web site up and running at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~newdhs/ Derek

Hi again Janette, Thanks for your comments. Spent twenty minutes tonight looking for the book on military postal history; haven't worked out where I put it down last yet. I've put that on hold for the moment. The Australian War Museum has a more "general" front page than where I led you last night. http://www.awm.gov.au/database/nroll.asp has the rolls for the Sudan War, Boer War, Boxer Uprising, WW1, WW2 (the roll from last night) and the Gulf War. The Korean War, Malaysian Conflict and Vietnam aren't covered (don't know why). But, its all for free and well worth a look. Next, possibly fruitful site (also free) to go looking for families in Victoria, in particular, some from further afield, is http://www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/. Matching Surname SEE BELOW RESEARCHER PURCHASE, Edith FF MACKLEY, kathleen Mary PURCHASE, Harvey FF ARNEL, margaret ansley PURCHASE, Hervey FF WEEKS (NEE PURCHASE), diana PURCHASE, vera myrtle FF YUGOVICH, dianne This site can be a mixed bag, in that it was set up by the Victorian Govt to allow people to post their family trees to celebrate the Centenary of Federation in 2001. It has been shut down to further updates for about a year now, and some of the email addresses are now out of date. If people have changed their addresses (the concept here is you, for example, decide to change your internet service provider from dodo.com.au to wherever.com, on the basis that dodo costs you $50 a month but that wherever costs the same, but you get a free set of steakknives if you sign with wherever. Totally hypothetical scenario, not meant to denigrate either provider. The point is, once you change; you original address is replaced by something different. You now become jan45andahalf@whereever.com. No mail forwarding occurs from dodo. If the poster you're looking for has changed internet service provider, your challenge then is to find their new address. You can be lucky, sometimes they are still at the same address, or sometimes be lucky looking for "where they went", so its well worth a try. Having said that, at least two of the posters above should be of interest to you (if you don't already know them, that is) in that they mention the Rigought (not sure of spelling) surname of your original posting. Two further quick pieces of advice. 1.Make your first email short: "Hello, I'm Janette. Interested in the Purchase and Rigought families. Can we talk?". If you type out 327 pages and then find their email address no longer exists, you'll have wasted a lot of effort. 2. Etiquette on this and similar lists is to only quote the last message in a reply (unless there is compelling reason not to). So for this reply, Ive "chopped out" the first two or three "original messages" and only quoted the last. Many subscribers have only limited downloads per month; if they go over they get hit with extra fees, so short is sweet. Don't be alarmed, you haven't tread on anyone's toes. Everyone on this list tries to help and encourage newcomers. Hope this is of help, and good luck with your search. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "janette" <jan50@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [AVC] Re Purchase Family > Hi Mike > Thank you for that information about the 9th Australian Division Postage. It > was my father Henry William {known as Harry}& my mother was Flora Christina > Purchase. I am their youngest daughter. If you find anymore info. or can > steer me in the right direction I would be greatful. Thank You again Janette

Hi Mike Thank you for that information about the 9th Australian Division Postage. It was my father Henry William {known as Harry}& my mother was Flora Christina Purchase. I am their youngest daughter. If you find anymore info. or can steer me in the right direction I would be greatful. Thank You again Janette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Skurrie" <mskurrie@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [AVC] Re Purchase Family > Hi Janette, > > (This isn't my family). ? your dad was born Euroa 2 Nov 1909. He's mentioned > in the context of 9 AUST DIV POSTAL at http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/. Next of > kin listed as Flora Purchase. (Sorry, just picked up on this; its eerie; my > dad was with sixth Div Postal. I've got a book about the postmarks (that's > my hobby; postmarks) used by the various Australian Forces Postal Units > durig WW2. If this lead pans out let me know and I'll check there for any > more info on where 9th Div was at various times). Anyway, I was about to > suggest that the WW2 vets roll is a good place to start. > > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "janette" <jan50@dodo.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:58 PM > Subject: [AVC] Re Purchase Family > > > > Hi List > > Iam new at this, so I hope I get it right. I'm looking for as much > > imforation about my Fathers Family as I can find. His surname was > Purchase. > > I can go back to a James Harvey Purchase born around 1826, but Idon't know > > where or when exactly. He married a Elizabeth Priscilla Rigought {not sure > > of spelling} & they had about 10 children I think. A lot of the names seem > > to be repeated,so I'm not sure exactly how many children they had. I do > > know that one of their sons was a Henry Purchase who was my ggrandfather > > born 1854. He married a Ruth Burden in about 1878 & they had 9 children > > before he died in 1898. Ruth remarried in 1901 to a Robert Sidebottom & > > they had a daughter Vera Sidebottom. My Grandfather was Robert Charles > > Purchase born 1882.He married a Laura Helen Waterson in 1908 & they had 5 > > children, the eldest being my father Henry William Purchase. I don;t know > a > > lot about his siblings apart from their names & the years they were born. > > I'm hoping someone out theremay know ! > > something about any of the above Purchases. Regards Janette > > > > > >

Hi Janette, (This isn't my family). ? your dad was born Euroa 2 Nov 1909. He's mentioned in the context of 9 AUST DIV POSTAL at http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/. Next of kin listed as Flora Purchase. (Sorry, just picked up on this; its eerie; my dad was with sixth Div Postal. I've got a book about the postmarks (that's my hobby; postmarks) used by the various Australian Forces Postal Units durig WW2. If this lead pans out let me know and I'll check there for any more info on where 9th Div was at various times). Anyway, I was about to suggest that the WW2 vets roll is a good place to start. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "janette" <jan50@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:58 PM Subject: [AVC] Re Purchase Family > Hi List > Iam new at this, so I hope I get it right. I'm looking for as much > imforation about my Fathers Family as I can find. His surname was Purchase. > I can go back to a James Harvey Purchase born around 1826, but Idon't know > where or when exactly. He married a Elizabeth Priscilla Rigought {not sure > of spelling} & they had about 10 children I think. A lot of the names seem > to be repeated,so I'm not sure exactly how many children they had. I do > know that one of their sons was a Henry Purchase who was my ggrandfather > born 1854. He married a Ruth Burden in about 1878 & they had 9 children > before he died in 1898. Ruth remarried in 1901 to a Robert Sidebottom & > they had a daughter Vera Sidebottom. My Grandfather was Robert Charles > Purchase born 1882.He married a Laura Helen Waterson in 1908 & they had 5 > children, the eldest being my father Henry William Purchase. I don;t know a > lot about his siblings apart from their names & the years they were born. > I'm hoping someone out theremay know ! > something about any of the above Purchases. Regards Janette > >

Hi List Iam new at this, so I hope I get it right. I'm looking for as much imforation about my Fathers Family as I can find. His surname was Purchase. I can go back to a James Harvey Purchase born around 1826, but Idon't know where or when exactly. He married a Elizabeth Priscilla Rigought {not sure of spelling} & they had about 10 children I think. A lot of the names seem to be repeated,so I'm not sure exactly how many children they had. I do know that one of their sons was a Henry Purchase who was my ggrandfather born 1854. He married a Ruth Burden in about 1878 & they had 9 children before he died in 1898. Ruth remarried in 1901 to a Robert Sidebottom & they had a daughter Vera Sidebottom. My Grandfather was Robert Charles Purchase born 1882.He married a Laura Helen Waterson in 1908 & they had 5 children, the eldest being my father Henry William Purchase. I don;t know a lot about his siblings apart from their names & the years they were born. I'm hoping someone out theremay know ! something about any of the above Purchases. Regards Janette

Hi does anyone have a connection with the family of John and Margaret McKay who lived in the Kyneton/ Malmsbury area. John Mckay was born in Scotland 20 May 1835 and died 1925 m: 1865 Margaret was born to Thomas Hehir and Mary Hogan and died 1935 Their family included Mary Ellen b: 1866 Malmsbury d: 29 June 1939 Malmsbury married KRYGER, Herman Wilhelm Lewis b: Abt. 1860 Randers, Denmark m: 1892 d: 1905 Kyneton William James b: 1868 d: 19 August 1951 Essendon married LATTA, Maria m: 1888 d: 26 October 1915 Thomas b: 1871 d: 1956 Kyneton James Alexander b: 1873 Malmsbury Daniel b: 1876 married O'SHEA Elizabeth Mary b: Abt. 1874 m: 1902 d: 1962 Fair? Richard b: 1878 d: 1963 Kyneton John b: 1881 d: 1887 Malmsbury Everlyn Ann b: 1885 d: 1971 Bent married THOMPSON, Thomas m: 1911 Any info would be greatly appreciated Graham gtw1@ozemail.com.au

RESEARCHING BEACH, HARGREAVES, TAYLOR AND RHODES. ANYBODY GOT ANY HISTORY ON THESE FAMILIES. RON