This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VZB.2ACI/10.1 Message Board Post: I have the Wm N Hurley book on the Purdum family. It has over 4,500 Purdums listed. If you have not found the answer to your question....email me and I'll look and see if these folks are in the book.