Message text written by INTERNET:ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com >My surnames in the Pope Co., Illinois area are: Joiner/Joyner, Bird, Terry, Threlkeld, Williamson, Williford, Dye, Glass, Barnhill.< I'm wondering if your Dyes are related to my Dyers and the spelling difference is just a variant. Can you tell me if you know anything about these people? Joseph Dyer, born 1858, married Martha Paulina Baker, also born 1858. They had at least two children. One, my great-grandfather, Eddie Dyer, was born about 1880 and married Mary Bell Sexton, who also was born about 1880. They had four children -- Elwood, Curtis, Gladys, Howard. Gladys was my grandmother. Thanks for looking. --Michael Bowers, Palos Hills, Ill.