This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byerly, Bireley, Birely etc Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RWB.2ACE/376.3 Message Board Post: Hi George, I too am a descendant of David Birely(Byerly). From what I am finding the spelling changed from his name to his son Luther. Daid at that point spelled it Byerly. This has been extremely difficult cause I seem to keep hitting my head with David. I'm also finding a number of Davids to confuse the situation. However, Luther moved to Fort Wayne from Piqua. He had a son Charles, who had a son, Clyde, who had a son Jerome which is my father. I have not known him or his family all my life, so I have had to do this all on my own. I am finding conflicts with the Davids so I continue to work on this. Will reply when I verify. Any help is wonderful. My email is thecleaninglady@msn.com if you choose to use this. I do check it daily. My name is Debra Kruse (Bireley)