Stiles is located in Grove twp. Stiles or Stilesville, as it was called, is a thriving little town located in the southern part of this township. It was named from Stiles S Carpenter, a very prominent man in this county in an early day. NE 1/4 OF Sec 4 and the nw 1/4 of Sec 3, twp 67. range 13. In 1858 it had a population of 100. Have you visited the Genealogy Forum on AOL Keyword Roots? There is an Iowa chat one night of the week. Also you can post queries to the message board areas but by surnames and state. Maria Minear Forum can now be accessed to a degree by those not on AOL. We are moving many of our information boards and message boards to the Internet with the hopes of reaching people like you to help with your research. At this time, the chat rooms have not been moved to the Internet and I am not sure exactly what the future plans are for that. To find us on the Internet, please use the following URL. www.genealogyforum.com We are still in the process of moving files and such, so keep checking back. Our Beginners Center, Resource Center and the Internet Center have been moved and links are being added all the time. You can also find our monthly Newsletter on the Internet, with our columnists DearMYRTLE, Along those Lines by George Morgan, as well as others. As for not being able to connect at all times to the 'Net via AOL, shutting down AOL and restarting AOL does help. The reasoning why is that somewhere, something might have become a bit 'corrupt' (for lack of a different word... no virus or anything, but just a bit twisted).... and by shutting down and restarting, you put everything back in its place. Something else you may want to try is to clean out your 'cache' files, (temporary internet files)...your 'history files' (for those on AOL), and even going into your Explorer and your Windows directory and locate a file called 'cookies'. Sometimes these areas get close to the limits that are set by default in your system and make it harder to connect to the 'Net...and you will get more 'timed out' messages or not be able to connect at all. Happy Searching! > I have noticed some townships being named here. I wasn't aware that there > were any but, must be. Can anyone tell me what township Stiles,Davis, Iowa is > in? I have been trying to locate my Grandmothers birth certificate and > neither the State or the County have record of it. Maybe the township would > help. > Thank you for your time. > > Kat > JstPlnKAT@aol.com > >