I don't know how many of you are having trouble getting to this site, but Dave is correct. This is one address. Just click on this link and it should take you there. http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/WWW/INDIANA/GENEALOGY/genmenu.HTML I have been receiving some favorable responses from some of you to this url. Sara

This was sent to me instead of the list. I am posting it here. Some of us, including me, had PYLES in Marion Co./Harrison Co.WV in this timeframe. Sara Date: 97-09-09 18:29:14 EDT From: Darksihde To: pyle@airmail.net Hi Cousins, My name is Crystal Price, And I'm looking for my grandmother's half sister. As far as I know my gg-grandmother only had 1 daughter. So her half sister had to have been my gg-grandfathers. But I can't find any thing on my gg-grandfather. I have a little bit of info., but not much. Here's what I have : My gg-grandFather was George Washington Pyles b. 1874, married Queen Victoria Mc Donald b. Mar 30, 1885 - Nov 16,1967, George and Queen were both buried in the Metz Cemetary, Marion Co.. Queen died at Morgantown WVU Mon. Co. They only had one daughter, My grandmother, Goldie Bell Pyles b. Mar 3, 1920 - Mar 27,1976, Goldie was buried in the Higgin's Cemetary. Goldie was born at Fairview, Marion Co. Goldie died at Fairmont General Hospital, Marion Co. Goldie Married Thomas Jefferson Villers b. Aug 2,1911 - Aug 19,1984. If anyone has any info. concerning the info. I have please let me know. Thanks Crystal Price ( Darksihde@aol.com)

Good morning, Ron!! You KNOW I care!! Many others on the list do too. I have really enjoyed the stories you have taken the time to type out for us. Am just now starting to get caught up on reading all of the e-mail that accumulated while I was working. Doesn't look like there was very much activity on the list. Maybe some folks are on late vacations? Sara Ron Pyle wrote: > > Hi; > Is there any one out there that really cares?

Try http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html I just popped to it, doni -- Doni Wright Lineages: <http://www.interserf.net/doniw> PMitch2907@aol.com wrote: > On the one I got "cannot retrieve > Http://www.indiana/genealogy/mirr.html" > and on the other I got ERROR 404 not found-file does not exist or is > read > protected[even tried multi]

At 10:24 PM 9/13/97 -0400, you wrote: >On the one I got "cannot retrieve Http://www.indiana/genealogy/mirr.html" > and on the other I got ERROR 404 not found-file does not exist or is read >protected[even tried multi] > >Help me if you can > > I tried this URL just a few minutes ago (3:15 a.m. EDT) and got "www.indiana does not have a DNS entry" message from Netscape browser. I fiddled with the URL, but got the same response. This can happen if there is a break anywhere from your computer to your server to their server. They may also put the site down if there is massive updating to be done, and this is often done late after business hours, so the computers are not tied up and staff and customers or patrons are not inconvenienced. The system might be out of order, or there is a power outage. Linda

Hi; Is there any one out there that really cares?

Dear Pyle Cousins; We are so fortunate because we have a Pulitzer prize winner in Ernie Pyle & a Congressional Medal Of Honor hero in Alvin York, but looking back one of the most interesting adventure stories involving the Pyle family concerns Doctor John Pyle. Born on April 8, 1723, John was the first child of Samuel Pyle and the grandson of Nicholas Pyle, who came from England with William Penn. The practice at the time was to send the first born child back to England for Schooling. Samuel sent his son to medical school in Oxfordshire and John returned around the year 1744. He married Sarah Baldwin, daughter of John and Hannah Baldwin of Oxfordshire, England at Wilmington, Delaware. The first of 11 children, John Jr., born in 1746 went to school to become a doctor and after his parents migrated to Chatham County, North Carolina in 1767, he assisted his father in a medical practice. The Pyles were loyal Englishmen and devout Quakers. The Doctor was a man of deep convictions and loyal to his King and his country, having lived all his life under English rule. Northern Chatham County was an area of turmoil and far from England's supervision, allowing the people to develop an independent attitude. English, Scotch-Irish and German settled along the colonial frontier contributing to the separation of the citizens into different camps. Complaints ranged from excessive taxes, dishonest sheriffs and extortionist's fees. The people were ready to revolt and a group desiring to run their own lives formed the Regulators. The Pyles were loyal Englishmen and not Tories and were trying to preserve law and order against those that were trying to destroy England. In the spring of 1775, King George instructed the Governor of North Carolina to grant commissions to leaders in the state. Granted a commission to Colonel in the British army and given authority to grant commissions, John Pyle began raising an army. He was not a military man, but become a valiant Tory and a leader during the Revolutionary war. He and his son constantly engaged in battle while leading the Royalists. Lieutenant Henry (Light Horse) Lee ambushed the Royalists at the Haw River in North Carolina. The Royalists, savagely beaten and lead by Colonel Pyle separated. Pyle severely wounded saved himself by submerging in a pond. The pool in which he hid became known as "Pyle's Pond" and The Battle of Haw River, North Carolina later called "Pyle's Hacking Match." In the battle, Doctor John lost three fingers and the use of an eye. Returning to duty after the battle at the Haw River, John was unable to ride a horse because of his injuries, so he went back to war as an Adjutant in the headquarters of General Cornwallis. Wishing to compensate for his injuries, he asked Cornwallis for a promotion to Brigadier General. When refused, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Colonel Pyle met General Washington at a party in Pennsylvania and they had a conversation in which he concluded that he may be on the wrong side. When he returned to work at headquarters, he had access to all the battle plans and paperwork of the British army. He memorized these secrets and carried them to Washington. When Washington's army defeated Cornwallis at Yorktown, many people in England blamed the loss on Colonel John Pyle and King George the 3rd offered 5000 pounds for his capture. In September of 1781 he surrendered himself and his son to Captain William O'Neal of Washington's army. Both doctors devoted their time to treating the injured of both armies. After Cornwallis surrendered, Colonel Pyle and his son returned to Alamance County, North Carolina. Doctor John died there in 1804 at the age of 81. Because of his service to Washington, Colonel John's descendants are welcome to join the national patriotic organizations in the United States. Ron the Informer.

This is ONE web address not two: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/WWW/INDIANA/GENEALOGY/genmenu.HTML Dave

On the one I got "cannot retrieve Http://www.indiana/genealogy/mirr.html" and on the other I got ERROR 404 not found-file does not exist or is read protected[even tried multi] Help me if you can

Sara, Thanks for the address. It is a neat site. I sent the URL to a friend who is researching Spears, and she wrote back that she had found some missing information. Frances

Pat, Did you just click on the hot link? I haven't had any problem, maybe it was busy. Exactly what kind of message did you get when you went there? Sara PMitch2907@aol.com wrote: > > I tried to reach this website and it could not be retrieved. Any idea why > and any suggestions how I can reach the websites? > Thanks > Pat

I tried to reach this website and it could not be retrieved. Any idea why and any suggestions how I can reach the websites? Thanks Pat

Hi, Some more information on the Pyles I am researching. From the 1860 census of Gordon County in Ga. Dovey Locke Pyles, 55, born in N.C. shown with her children: Martha 23; Francis R., 21; John L. ,19; Margaret 17 and Mary Ann, 14(my gggrandmother). All are listed as born in North Carolina. The husband, James Pyles in not listed. Is anyone researching this family? Thanks Ann Davis Fite Whitaker. <jmw@hiwaay.net>

Hi all, We want to welcome Vivian Ashley to the PYLE list! Vivian, when you have time, please tell us a little about yourself and the PYLE(S) line you are researching. All posts must be sent to PYLE-L@rootsweb.com, even though you are subscribed to the digest version. If you are responding to a query, please send a copy to the PYLE-L list so that the response goes to the list as well as the person making the query. The reason for this request is that someone else may have information to share or be able to get a clue on their research, by reading the exchange of e-mails. Please utilize the subject line by putting a name and location, if possible. Or perhaps, you have some information to share on another topic, for instance, migration patterns. If you are posting a very long document or gedcom, then it should be done in 2 or 3 postings rather than the whole thing at once. For instance, you might be sending xxx pt. 1, xxx pt. 2, xxx pt 3, etc. The reason for this is very simply that some providers cannot handle large pieces of mail at one time. I know that AOL has been having some problems with this. Please DO NOT send attachments to the list because there has been a problem with that on some servers. If you have a document that is too large to do a cut and paste, then post a description of it to the list to see who might want it sent directly. If you have any questions about the list or you are not sure of what to do, please e-mail me at pyle@airmail.net Sara Broughton Pyle pyle@airmail.net RootsWeb Sponsor VIVIAN ASHLEY wrote: > > SUBSCRIBE

Hi all, Here is a wonderful site for those of us that have ancestors in Indiana. I just discovered that the Indiana State Library Genealogy Division has the Indiana marriages to 1850 online. The address is: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/WWW/INDIANA/GENEALOGYgenmenu.HTML Sara RootsWeb Sponsor

An alternate site for Indiana marriages: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html The State Archives sites on the GenWeb are super places to look. When I get frustrated that the sponsor of a GenWeb Co. only supports queries, and gives links to other places -- when we came to that county to find it there -- well, anyway -- I check the state archives -- they usually have it as a link. -- Doni Wright Lineages: <http://www.interserf.net/doniw>

Joshua and Caroline PYLES had 5 daughters born in Indiana before they moved to Illinois in 1880. I can't find a trace of them. Can someone help? They are; Jane b 1866, Harriett b 1868, Rosa b 1870, Emma b 1872 and Mary b 1877. They lived in Schuyler County, Illinois. Les Lee

Thank you Scott; I have never seen the movie either and would like to. I have been expecting a documentary to come out concerning Ernie and his birthplace Dana, Indiana. It was produced last winter in Dana. A cousin from Dana, IN. ( a Mack, not a Pyle) alerted me to the fact that cameras were rolling there and she said that she would let me know if it runs in Indiana. It was suppose to be a 90 minute feature. I'll let you know if I hear anything. Ron Pyle ---------- | From: CubsBlue@aol.com | To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com | Subject: The Story of GI Joe | Date: Thursday, September 11, 1997 9:46 PM | | I'm really into movies and read an obit on Meridith that went much like the | one Ron posted. It was from USA Today and went into a bit more detail on The | Story of GI Joe including the fact that the movie spawned the origional GI | Joe doll. Hopefully this movie will come out on AMC or TCM in the near | future. Usually they do a retrospect on actors shortly after they die. If I | get any info on it airing I will post it if no one objects. I am sure there | are others out there who may like to see it. | | Scott B Pyle II |

I'm really into movies and read an obit on Meridith that went much like the one Ron posted. It was from USA Today and went into a bit more detail on The Story of GI Joe including the fact that the movie spawned the origional GI Joe doll. Hopefully this movie will come out on AMC or TCM in the near future. Usually they do a retrospect on actors shortly after they die. If I get any info on it airing I will post it if no one objects. I am sure there are others out there who may like to see it. Scott B Pyle II

Hi Cousins; Haven't heard much this week from anybody, but I have been busy too. Thought maybe I would send out this obit on Burgess. He was kind enough to return to Dana in 1995 for the fifty year anniversary of Ernie Pyle's death. I never seen the movie, but will I bet, when I can find it. Here is the Obit: 03:43 PM ET 09/10/97 Character actor Burgess Meredith dies at age 89 LOS ANGELES (Reuter) - Actor Burgess Meredith, who in seven decades played roles as varied as the Penguin in the ``Batman'' TV series, the grizzled trainer in the ``Rocky'' films and the tragic hobo George in ``Of Mice and Men,'' has died at age 88, the Cable News Network reported. CNN said he died at his home in Malibu. The son of a Cleveland doctor, Meredith began his career as a doormouse in a Broadway production of ``Alice in Wonderland'' in the 1930s, then became a star with his stage performance in 1936 as the son of an executed anarchist in ``Winterset,'' a powerful Maxwell Anderson play written for Meredith and based on the Sacco and Vanzetti case that divided the country. He then made the film version of ``Winterset'' and Hollywood fell in love with his off-beat manner, resonant, ironic voice and bushy eyebrows. In 1940, he played the hobo George who travels the country with the simpleton Lenny in the film version of John Steinbeck's Depression drama ``Of Mice and Men,'' a performance that many consider classic. He also was featured many times on TV's ``The Twilight Zone,'' series, including a beloved episode, ``Time Enough at Last'' (1959), in which he played a bookworm who survives a nuclear holocaust. Freed at last from work, he can read to his heart's content -- until he breaks his glasses. He won an Emmy in 1977 for his portrayal of lawyer Joseph Welch in the docudrama ``Tail Gunner Joe,'' about Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Welch was the lawyer who finally shamed the notorious communist-hunter. Meredith's film credits also included his portrayal of war correspondent Ernie Pyle in the 1945 film ``The Story of G.I. Joe,'' and dozens of other pictures, including ``Advise and Consent,'' ``The Day of the Locust,'' ``92 in the Shade'' and ''Grumpy Old Men.'' But he is perhaps best remembered on the big screen for his role as a crusty old trainer opposite Sylvester Stallone in the ``Rocky'' movies and as the devilish Penguin in the Batman TV series of the 1960s. Ron Pyle