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 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 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