Sara, Where did you get this information. This is my Great Great g-f. John H. Piles, born 1790-1800, Hampshire Co., s/o Zachariah, married in Hampshire County to Elizabeth Ruckman, dau. of Samuel. They also had a son, my Great g-f, John H. Piles, b 1837, married 28 October 1858 to Mary Ellen Peters, daughter of Branson Peters. They are all buried at Mt. Zion Cem., near Augusta, Hampshire Co., WV. I am interested in this John H. Piles, age 20 (born 1845), born Hampshire Co. who married Anna Davis. Bill -----Original Message----- From: pyle@airmail.net [SMTP:pyle@airmail.net] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 1997 4:54 PM To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: John H. PILES, Springfield,OH In the Harrison Co.,WV marriages there is a listing for John H. PILES, age 20, b. Hampshire Co.,WV, res. Springfield, OH, who married Anna DAVIS,b. Rockbridge Co.,VA, res. Clarksburg, married 20 July 1865. John's parents were Zachariah and Elizabeth PILES, apparently the line that most of us seem to be working on. Does anyone know what became of John H. PILES and Anna DAVIS? Sara

I was at Mid Continent Library in Independence MO this weekend and they had this book in their collection. After looking through this book, and most of the other stuff available at this library, very thoroughly on Friday & Saturday(today), I have decided that Benjamin Pyle was an immaculate conception or was spontaneously concepted or hatched or whatever you want to call it, but the man does NOT have a father. I give up. Anyone have any ideas? I am open to any suggestions. Peg

The North Branch flows from extreme Western Maryland along the WV border. The South Branch joins the North Branch of the Potomac River, known as the Potomac River, at what is called North Branch, MD, or east of Green Spring, WV. Farther east at Harpers Ferry, the Shenadorah River joins the Potomac. I understand that many of our ancestors crossed the Potomac River, just west of where the Shenadorah intersects on the Great Wagon Trail at Harper's Ferry in going south and west. The river had this point had a solid rock bottom. This is from memory. If anyone knows different, let me know. I lived about 6 miles from the South Branch and 12 miles from the North Branch of the Potomac on the West Virginia side. Bill Pyles -----Original Message----- From: pyle@airmail.net [SMTP:pyle@airmail.net] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 1997 5:07 PM To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: South Branch Sometime ago somebody on the list asked what "South Branch" of the river referred to in Va/WV. I meant to post this and somehow didn't get around to it then. I was reminded of it when I posted a while ago about John PILES and Hampshire co. Sara **Above Harpers Ferry, WVa. the the headwaters of the Potomac break into >two branches - North and South. The North Branch of the Potomac forms the WV/MD border above this point, which is just up-river from South Branch, WV, in Hampshire County. The South Branch flows roughly south-north through Pendleton County where it is called, starting in the west: North Fork [of the South Branch]--through Circleville and Riverton South Branch--through Franklin South Fork [of South Branch]--through Sugar Grove and Brandywine And don't forget, if the record states a plat was above such-and-such it lies SOUTH of that location--up the river.

Hey Bill! A friend on another list sent this information. She has the Harrison Co. records. I would like to know more about this John H. PILES and Anna DAVIS too. The line I am working on is connected to the TETRICK family. I have more on the TETRICKS than I do on PYLE(s). <G> Do you have any of the Harrison Co. or Marion Co.VA(WV) records? Sara Bill Pyles wrote: > > Sara, Where did you get this information. T I am interested in this John H. > Piles, age 20 (born 1845), born Hampshire Co. who married Anna Davis. > > Bill > > John's parents were Zachariah and Elizabeth PILES, apparently the line > that most of us seem to be working on. > > Does anyone know what became of John H. PILES and Anna DAVIS? > > Sara

We want to welcome our newest PYLE list cousin, D.R. Dowell! When you have time, please post an introduction of yourself and what branch of the PYLE/PILE family you are researching. We are so glad to have you join us. Sara pyle@airmail.net DRDowell@aol.com wrote: > > subscribe

Sometime ago somebody on the list asked what "South Branch" of the river referred to in Va/WV. I meant to post this and somehow didn't get around to it then. I was reminded of it when I posted a while ago about John PILES and Hampshire co. Sara **Above Harpers Ferry, WVa. the the headwaters of the Potomac break into >two branches - North and South. The North Branch of the Potomac forms the WV/MD border above this point, which is just up-river from South Branch, WV, in Hampshire County. The South Branch flows roughly south-north through Pendleton County where it is called, starting in the west: North Fork [of the South Branch]--through Circleville and Riverton South Branch--through Franklin South Fork [of South Branch]--through Sugar Grove and Brandywine And don't forget, if the record states a plat was above such-and-such it lies SOUTH of that location--up the river.

In the Harrison Co.,WV marriages there is a listing for John H. PILES, age 20, b. Hampshire Co.,WV, res. Springfield, OH, who married Anna DAVIS,b. Rockbridge Co.,VA, res. Clarksburg, married 20 July 1865. John's parents were Zachariah and Elizabeth PILES, apparently the line that most of us seem to be working on. Does anyone know what became of John H. PILES and Anna DAVIS? Sara

Descendants of George Wilson Pyles 1 George Wilson Pyles 1863 - 1940 b: December 07, 1863 in Moundsville, Marshall, W. Virginia d: April 24, 1940 in Denison, Grayson, Texas .. +Alie Higgins 1874 - 1955 m: April 24, 1889 in Cleburne, Texas b: September 22, 1874 in Cleburne, Texas d: December 15, 1955 in Denison, Texas ..... 2 Edna Augusta Pyles 1890 - 1969 b: June 28, 1890 in Cleburne, Texas d: February 16, 1969 in Arlington, Texas ......... +James Barnard Gibson - 1947 b: in Durant, Oklahoma d: 1947 ..... 2 Mary Lucretia Pyles 1892 - 1963 b: March 13, 1892 in Big Sandy, Texas d: February 22, 1963 in Austin, Texas ......... +Alfred Marlowe m: March 09, 1911 b: in Denison, Texas d: in Muscogee, Oklahoma ..... 2 Mamie Josephine Pyles 1893 - b: December 15, 1893 in Colbert, Oklahoma ......... +Walter Sanders m: in Denison, Texas ..... 2 Jessie Frances Pyles 1895 - b: March 15, 1895 in Colbert, Oklahoma ......... +Newton Lane d: in Arkansas ..... 2 Theodore Lincoln Pyles 1897 - 1993 b: June 06, 1897 in Colbert, Oklahoma d: September 17, 1993 in Whitewright, Texas ......... +Naomi Rebecca Harden m: July 21, 1920 in Durant, Oklahoma ..... 2 [1] William McKinley Pyles 1900 - 1965 b: November 07, 1900 in Denison, Grayson, Texas d: May 15, 1965 ......... +Carrie Parker Brown ..... *2nd Wife of [1] William McKinley Pyles: ......... +Opal Wilson ..... 2 Herman Cecil Pyles 1902 - 1932 b: March 21, 1902 in Denison, Grayson, Texas d: April 06, 1932 ......... +Frances Evans ..... 2 George Bernard Pyles 1908 - 1911 b: February 02, 1908 in Denison, Grayson, Texas d: February 11, 1911 in Denison, Texas ..... 2 [2] Aline Denson Pyles 1912 - b: January 14, 1912 in Denison, Texas ......... +Unknown ..... *2nd Husband of [2] Aline Denson Pyles: ......... +Emmett Elliott Spears 1904 - 1986 m: November 29, 1931 in Durant, Oklahoma b: July 19, 1904 in Denison, Texas d: December 09, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Aline Pyles is my mother. Frances

Gosh Rebecca, thanks for correcting me. I always thought it meant "confusion"! So let's stick to what we know: Organizing the Confusion! See how we all help each other? Thanks, Rachel Rebecca Heckel wrote: > > MAYHEM: willful and permanent crippling, mutilation or disfigurement of a > person > (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) > > Gosh, Cousins, > I had no idea that mayhem was occurring on the list; where was I? > > I appreciate the kudos going to Rachel and others for their contributions, > but I think "mayhem" is an extremely poor choice of words. Sometimes words > are used so much and in the wrong context, that the meanings become > lost......... > > I DO look forward to the WebSite and all of the good info. I agree with > Sara that it will be a nice complement to the List. > > Have a nice Labor Day! > RLH :) -- Find out more at: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer Wohleben Family Online Reunion -- http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html Auglaize Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.genweb.brightusa.net/index.html Pickaway Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/index.html

Ron Pyle wrote: > > Dearest Rachel; > > I would like to be among the first to announce that you are truly a great > person. You have done a great service for the clan and I would like to also > be the first to say that if anyone could organize Mayham, it would have to > be you! Ron & All: Now that I'm totally humbled by my dear cousin, it's back to work. Thank you, Ron. Do you have server space to spare? If you do, write me with the details. Also, who was it in the Census in VA in 1800 that had a William next door to a Robert, and then in 1810 the William was gone but the elder Robert was still there? There seems to be enough good response to warrant moving ahead some. I can go through the postings that everyone has made and weed out your lines to put on the page. But I don't really want to do that unless each of you decides you WANT your line on the page. So, if you want to include your line in the query format, please submit it to me with all of the following information and in this type of format. Please include the other surnames you are researching. I can add the capital letters, but please use the two letter state abbreviations and a numbering system from the oldest ancestor you have down to your grandparents, parents, or yourself. Include a paragraph detailing the information you are searching for. This would be a good place to list some speculation on where you think the line leads. 1) PYLES_MICHAEL, b: Abt. 1814, Marshall, WV; d: April 04, 1880 in Wheeling, Marshall Co., WV; md. Martha BURLEY Abt. 1834, Belton, Wetzel Co., WV; b: May 14, 1820 in Marshall, WV; d: July 02, 1888 in Wetzel County, WV. 2) PYLES_BERNARD Alexander Charles, b: April 05, 1838, Moundsville, Marshall Co. WV; d: January 14, 1911, Colbert, Bryan, OK; md. Mary Ann REED, October 06, 1862, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV; b: December 02, 1840 in Cameron, Marshall Co., WV; d: February 13, 1906 in Colbert, Bryan, OK. 3) PYLES_GEORGE Wilson, b: December 07, 1863, Moundsville, Marshall, WV; d: April 24, 1940 in Denison, Grayson, TX; md. Alie HIGGINS, April 24, 1889 in Cleburne, TX; b: September 22, 1874 in Cleburne, TX; d: December 15, 1955, Denison, TX. name: Frances Bruce email: Fbruce3554@aol.com URL: note: Also researching: If you have a database of the Pyle line back to Nicholas, Ralph, etc., in your genealogy database and would like to contribute it to the page, (about 5 or 6 generations to begin with) let me know. I tried using the one that Frances posted for Michael, but it didn't quite work. I don't know what e-mail options you have, but if you can save a descendant chart with a "print to file" option, do that. Then attach the file to the e-mail with the "Convert to Plain Text" option. That keeps the margins lined up the same way the report generated them. Otherwise, I have a heck of a time trying to line it up correctly. I basically have to re-type it. Later... Rachel Meyer -- Find out more at: Pyle Family Reunion Online http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/pyle/index.html Personal Homepage http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer Wohleben Family Online Reunion -- http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html Auglaize Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.genweb.brightusa.net/index.html Pickaway Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/index.html

Hello, Here is my Pyle line from the immigrants - Robert Pyle and Ann Stovey. 1 Robert Pyle Born: 29 Dec 1660 in Wiltshire, England Died: 17 Jan 1729/30 in Bethel, Berks, Pennsylvania +Ann Stovey Born: 1660 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England Married: 16 Nov 1681 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England Died: 1724 in Bethel, Berks, Pennsylvania parents of: 2 John Pyle Born: 8 Jun 1687 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania Died: 1752 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania +Susanna Chamberlin Born: 13 Jul 1691 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England Married: 20 Jul 1716 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania Died: 1779 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania parents of: 3 Jacob Pyle Born: Abt. 1717 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania Died: 1785 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania +Jane Sharples Born: 4 Dec 1718 in Middletown, Chester, Pennsylvania Married: 22 Aug 1740 in Concord MM, Chester, Pennsylvania Died: 1775 in Pennsylvania parents of: 4 Benjamin Pyle Born: Abt. 1748 in Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania Died: 30 Apr 1831 in Springfield, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania +Sarah Heacock Born: 1753 in Springfield, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania Married: 8 Dec 1774 in Springfield MM, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania Died: 23 Sep 1829 in Pennsylvania parents of: 5 Isaac Pyle Born: 12 Aug 1796 in Concord, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania Died: 22 Sep 1888 in Marietta, Marshall, Iowa +Catherine Rowsell Born: Abt. 1813 in Pennsylvania Married: 24 Mar 1831 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: 23 Feb 1880 in Marietta, Marshall, Iowa parents of: 6 Enos S. Pyle Born: 23 Jan 1835 in Waterville, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania Died: Aft. 1887 possibly in Roan, Indiana +(Jemima) Ruth Holladay Born: 14 Sep 1844 in Grant Co., Indiana Married: Abt. 1862 in Iowa Died: 4 Sep 1871 in Griswold, Cass, Iowa parents of: 7 (Ladonia) Viola Pyle Born: Jan 1868 in Marshall Co., Iowa Died: 17 Mar 1905 in Detroit, Becker, Minnesota +William Mortimer Born: 2 Feb 1861 in Harriston, Wellington, Ontario, Canada Married: Abt. 1886 in Iowa Died: 17 Jan 1929 in Rolla, Rollette, North Dakota parents of: 8 George Enos Mortimer Born: 6 Jan 1894 in Bangor, Marshall, Iowa Died: 4 Nov 1970 in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota +Ethel Mae Kays Born: 15 Sep 1904 in Sarles, Cavalier, North Dakota Married: 4 Aug 1922 in Sarles, Cavalier, North Dakota Died: 4 Dec 1977 in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota parents of: 9 Richard Darrel Mortimer, Sr. Born: 23 Aug 1934 in Sarles, Cavalier, North Dakota Died: 17 May 1969 in Glasgow, Valley, Montana +Lois Marie Bergstrom Living Married: 27 Jun 1954 in Glasgow, Valley, Montana parents of: 10 Randal Brian Mortimer Born: 7 Nov 1959 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana - me Randy Mortimer Missoula, MT mortimer@montana.com

Hi all, Thought the following would be of interest to many of you. There are many other surnames listed here that I know some of y'all are working on in addition to PILE/PYLE. Sara > Muster Roll of Monongalia County, (W)Va in 1804 > > List from old paper in possession of Mr. C. B. Fleming of Fairmont. > > Captain - Nathaniel Cochran > > Moses Hall, Henry Hays, Jacob Storm, Richard Moore, Morgan Morgan, Samuel Freeman, > > Robert Campbell, John Robins, John Martin, Benjamin Veach, Andrew Fleming, William Fleming, > > Samuel Potts, Bazel Harvey, Robert Davis, Norman Randall, Joseph Cunningham, Wm. Cunningham, > > Richard Moore Jr., James McIntire, Joh Beverlin, Christopher Nutter, Isaac Butler, > > Alexander Bety, Richard Parrish, Caleb Davis, John Tetrick, Phillip Snider, Acquilla Randall, > > John Pennington, Joseph Tetrick, David Potts, Moses Criss, George Martin, Jacob Barnes, > > Beef Billy Martin, Jacob Thompson, Spencer Martin, James Dunham, James McCawley, > > Henry Tetrick, Isaac James, Ezekiel Ashcraft, James Mike, Thomas Crouch, William Barnes, > > William Martin, John Simms, David Rite, John Fancher, George Jones, Clemment Davis, > > Henry Davis, John Ashcraft, Joseph McIntire, Edward Connor, Henry Mike, Daniel Davis, > > Leven Fleming, Charles Martin, Joseph Rhe, William Nay, Gernet Whitelock, John Randall, > > Samuel Jones, Robert Downs, Amos Piles. > > Copyright 1996 Sue Moore > > Thanks to Sue Moore and Joy Gilchrist for submitting this file for the WVGenWeb Archives. > > This file may be freely copied but may not be sold. >

Dearest Rachel; I would like to be among the first to announce that you are truly a great person. You have done a great service for the clan and I would like to also be the first to say that if anyone could organize Mayham, it would have to be you! Knowing you as I do through the many letters and the feelings we shared concerning family, school and most of all, the ramblings that you allow me when I use you as a sounding board after a day with the "Boys." I thank you for the time that you gave from your daily life to answer my letters! I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have never understood where you get the energy to do the things you do. Working at a steady job and being a supermom and the best partner to your husband that any man could wish for. Buz and I are both fortunate in that respect. Being the wife and mother that I know you are deserves the highest commendation that can be bestowed on anyone. I have never heard you complain about your duties as a working mom or the other responsibilities that come with living with the excellent students and athletes that you also share your home with. Now I want to thank you for our web page, I hope we can all use it to it's greatest possible capacity. One more request! Could you share with us where you get this energy? Hugs and kisses from all the Pyle Families, I'm sure! Ron ---------- | From: The Meyer's <buzmeyer@bright.net> | To: pyle-l@rootsweb.com | Cc: piguy@goldrush.com | Subject: Organizing the Mayhem | Date: Friday, August 29, 1997 2:03 PM | | Dear Pyle Cousins: | | I've been overwhelmed recently by all of the information flying around | on our dear Pyle / Pile ancestors. Tonight I decided to make an attempt | to do something about it. While I consider this ONLY A BEGINNING and | I'd like to have a LOT of input on the finished product, I think we may | have to resort to something like this: | | http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/pyle/index.html | | I also envision a huge descendant chart of the PYLE line as it is | documented from the first John on down - at least down through maybe 8 | or 10 generations. And, woe is me, some of us are as yet unable to link | to these notorious men, thus, the query section which will identify | where each of us are chipping away at that "stone wall." | | While the query pages on the GenWeb pages I'm hosting don't have any | requirements for the query format except to keep it as brief as | possible, I think we could better serve each other and new Pyle | researchers by maintaining a specific format in our queries. I'm not | saying the one I've posted is the "perfect" format either. But I think | it will be helpful to all of us to show our lineage as we know it, and a | short paragraph about the information we are searching for. It might | also be fun to include a quick sentence telling how we are related to | each other. | | Okay cousins, time to get our thinking caps on. Please look at this | small attempt to organize our "good stuff" and tell us all what you | think. I'm open to any and all suggestions. If we want to try a few | more submissions, I'll gladly add some to this - and in the process we | can decide on the format we want to ultimately use. | | Also, if we get really ambitious, we will need some server space. I | think we could accomplish this by using a little here and a little | there. Most of us get free server space with our subscription to our | internet providers. If you don't know how to upload pages, I think I | can upload to any server and directory as long as I have a correct | password - except for AOL. Another alternative would be to attach files | via e-mail for several of us to upload to our own servers. | | In order to build a stupendous Pyle page, it will take efforts from many | of you - and knowing the amount of great information everyone has been | sharing, I think we can all work together to do this. Maybe we need a | committee...??? No doubt there will be some points that will call for a | decision one way or the other...perhaps a committee voting on issues | would be helpful. | | We could also include some text files about the history of the family | members. That would really be interesting. One thing I always try to | keep in mind is that once it's online, people may take it for granted | that it's documented fact. So I try to be very careful to point out | what is fact and what is speculation. Thus, if we begin an all | inclusive descendant chart, we'll have to be careful to post only what | we know for sure, and add the speculation in our queries. | | I'm getting really tired...that's why I'm rambling. I'm going to | bed...but I'll expect some comments (yea or nay) tomorrow. | | Night cousins, | Rachel Meyer | -- | Find out more at: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer | Wohleben Family Online Reunion -- | http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html | Auglaize Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- | http://www.genweb.brightusa.net/index.html | Pickaway Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- | http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/index.html

Doni Wright wrote: > > Hi Buz, I am Doni Wright of Stafford, VA and am a Pyle cousin. > Please take a look at my home page (no java or ads on ). > > <http://www.interserf.net/doniw> Terrific! > I plan to place my Pyle lineage on it in the same fashion, and carry all > the cluster lines through as far as I know. Since my data is early - my > Pyle line ends in 1742 with Hannah Pyle (dau. of Jacob Pyle & Jane > Sharples) marrying Jonathan Heacock. I'm sure it will help those looking > for the "early" connection." Great! I'll link your page to the Pyle page. But I would like to add a little information about you so that your Pyle names will be indexed along with the others. Please send along your direct lineage of the Pyle line in the brief format I've used for mine and Ron's. I'll put that on and index your Pyles, as well as the rest of the surnames in the line. You can stop at your Hannah PYLE and Jonathan HEACOCK or you can continue on down to yourself - that's up to you. Then from the researcher's page people will also be able to link to your page also. I should include a page of links to Pyle family information in addition to the researchers pages. Also you can include a listing of other surnames you are researching for the notes section on the researcher pages. I'm using the CCHelper program to index this. In order to index a surname it has to be in all CAPS. Because I felt it would be easier to search through the PYLE / PILE names if we included a first name also, I've put the Pyle names in as: PYLE_WILLIAM, etc. That way from the index we can at least get a feel for what families each "query" and cousin is connected to. The possibilities are almost endless here. Someone else was talking about a home page a while back, but I forget which cousin...??? If I take care of the indexing and linking, can others be working on the descendant charts and and/or family stories, etc.? I've been working on a Wohleben family page this past summer. On it we've included a descendant chart - which we printed from our genealogy programs and then "fancied" them up a little. From there we've linked to some modified family group sheets. Presently, I don't have the lineages of Nicholas, Ralph, etc., in my genealogy program - because I don't know yet what family we're linked to. If someone has that information in their database, but doesn't know how to do the HTML coding, contact me and we'll begin working on that. If you'd like to see the result of the Wohleben effort SO FAR, go to: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html The Pyle page is at: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/pyle/index.html > I will place the Pyle line on next -- so please look and help me with > any corrections I might need. I have referenced your page on my home > page. Terrific! Wonderful! We can get this organized fairly easily I think. Please let me know what you would ALL like this page to be. More suggestions and contributions please? Rachel -- Find out more at: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer Wohleben Family Online Reunion -- http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html Auglaize Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.genweb.brightusa.net/index.html Pickaway Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/index.html

Rachel, the site looks great! You did a beautiful job! The discussion list and the website will complement each other nicely and people may want to add a hotlink on their homepages to the PYLE site. I am sure there will be discussion on the list about all of the possibilities. Sara

I think that the $4.95 / month is a small amount to pay for access to their databases at Ancestry. You certainly won't find all of your ancestors on all of their databases, but by-and-large, I think the benefits outweigh the cost. In our case, I am a subscriber, but am able to look up for my family and help out with occasional queries for friends and acquaintances. Sometimes I am able to help others, while I help myself. I am certainly willing to do that, to a certain extent;however, to reap the full benefits of Ancestry, I think one would need to be a subscriber themselves. I'm pleased with it, but I have realistic expectations, I think <G>. R

Oops, forgot to respond to the list... ---------- > From: Cynthia Kalczynski <cykal@im4u.net> > To: PMitch2907@aol.com > Subject: Re: Ancestry Hometown info > Date: Friday, August 29, 1997 8:41 PM > > Pat, > I subscribed this month, for one month. I think it has been well > worthwhile. It only cost $4.95 to find out. > Regards, > Cyndi > > ---------- > > From: PMitch2907@aol.com > > To: Pyle-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Ancestry Hometown info > > Date: Friday, August 29, 1997 7:33 PM > > > > I'm thinking about subscribing to ancestry hometown. Does anyone know > > anything about it? Would it be worth my time and money? Is their > > information good and informative. Please advise me and send feedback. > > > > Pat

Hi Pat, You can get the newsletters for free by e-mail. They do have a paid membership also for $4.95 a month I believe. My daughter belongs, maybe she will answer as to the benefits. Sara PMitch2907@aol.com wrote: > > I'm thinking about subscribing to ancestry hometown. Does anyone know > anything about it? Would it be worth my time and money? Is their > information good and informative. Please advise me and send feedback. > > Pat

I'm thinking about subscribing to ancestry hometown. Does anyone know anything about it? Would it be worth my time and money? Is their information good and informative. Please advise me and send feedback. Pat

Dear Pyle Cousins: I've been overwhelmed recently by all of the information flying around on our dear Pyle / Pile ancestors. Tonight I decided to make an attempt to do something about it. While I consider this ONLY A BEGINNING and I'd like to have a LOT of input on the finished product, I think we may have to resort to something like this: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/pyle/index.html I also envision a huge descendant chart of the PYLE line as it is documented from the first John on down - at least down through maybe 8 or 10 generations. And, woe is me, some of us are as yet unable to link to these notorious men, thus, the query section which will identify where each of us are chipping away at that "stone wall." While the query pages on the GenWeb pages I'm hosting don't have any requirements for the query format except to keep it as brief as possible, I think we could better serve each other and new Pyle researchers by maintaining a specific format in our queries. I'm not saying the one I've posted is the "perfect" format either. But I think it will be helpful to all of us to show our lineage as we know it, and a short paragraph about the information we are searching for. It might also be fun to include a quick sentence telling how we are related to each other. Okay cousins, time to get our thinking caps on. Please look at this small attempt to organize our "good stuff" and tell us all what you think. I'm open to any and all suggestions. If we want to try a few more submissions, I'll gladly add some to this - and in the process we can decide on the format we want to ultimately use. Also, if we get really ambitious, we will need some server space. I think we could accomplish this by using a little here and a little there. Most of us get free server space with our subscription to our internet providers. If you don't know how to upload pages, I think I can upload to any server and directory as long as I have a correct password - except for AOL. Another alternative would be to attach files via e-mail for several of us to upload to our own servers. In order to build a stupendous Pyle page, it will take efforts from many of you - and knowing the amount of great information everyone has been sharing, I think we can all work together to do this. Maybe we need a committee...??? No doubt there will be some points that will call for a decision one way or the other...perhaps a committee voting on issues would be helpful. We could also include some text files about the history of the family members. That would really be interesting. One thing I always try to keep in mind is that once it's online, people may take it for granted that it's documented fact. So I try to be very careful to point out what is fact and what is speculation. Thus, if we begin an all inclusive descendant chart, we'll have to be careful to post only what we know for sure, and add the speculation in our queries. I'm getting really tired...that's why I'm rambling. I'm going to bed...but I'll expect some comments (yea or nay) tomorrow. Night cousins, Rachel Meyer -- Find out more at: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer Wohleben Family Online Reunion -- http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html Auglaize Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.genweb.brightusa.net/index.html Pickaway Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/index.html