Starting a new thread here if no one minds... I've been pursuing The Tyner/Tiner/Tener family from 1840's Woodsfield area, Sunberry township with little to no luck. Often, the ancillary information you pick up turns up some good news and this has happened to me. I located another couple of Tiner's in nearby counties. More importantly, I found a town in West Virginia just below Monroe County called "Tyner" near Parkersburg in Wood County. My quesion to you all: In your studies of migration routes from the East have you identified the primary roads that were used? While Parkersburg is south of Monroe County it is the end of an old trade route used during the 1700's and the terminus of the first rail line to the Ohio River (If my memory serves me). However, some old maps have shown "roads" that appear to strike the river near present day New Martinsville WV. Is anyone aware of the principle routes into early 1800's Ohio out of Pa and WV? Do you know which paths your ancestors took to get to Monroe County? This information would be enormously helpful as I blindly try to retrace the hidden path of my ancestors from wherever they landed. I'm pretty certain that they came by way of either Philadelphia or most likely, the Richmond VA. area where nearly all with my surname seem to have origins, namely progenitor Nicholas Tiner who landed at Isle of Wight County, Va in the 1670's. Thanks everyone... Bill Tyner (looking for the origin of David Tiner, David Tener of Woodsfield County circa 1820-1880) Grants Pass, Oregon