I saw a copy of a note written during Coonrod Pile's time, relating that a meeting was held at "the home of Coonrod Poile"-- I am relying on memory but that was the first time I had seen that spelling and it stuck with me. I'll look through my stacks of information and see if I can find the note. Coonrod/Conrad is my gggg....grandfather. Our family's tradition is that the name was originally Poyle and he was German. Even Poyle would have been a phonetic rendering of the German, and could also be spelled Piel, Pfeil, Peil et al. There are records of Hessians (allied with the English!) named Piel, and there is one Conrad listed as a prisoner of war in 1782 in NY. --Stephen Pile -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Schwartz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PYLE] Re: coonrod Pile Helen, I see you hail from Owensboro KY. Many of my Piles lived in Owensboro area. Wonder if we are cousins? Have you run across the name Poiles? That's the spelling that was used after Piles. How far back have you gone? I live just across the river in Evansville. Would like to exchange info if we can! Shirl, Evansville, IN -----Original Message----- From: Helen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 31, 2000 11:56 PM Subject: [PYLE] Re: coonrod Pile Sue Do you have Coonrod in your family surnames? ~Helen~ Owensboro, Kentucky [email protected] ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== All genealogy discussion lists can be found at: http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html Copyright 2000-Author retains copyright ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== Have a question or complaint? Contact Sara at [email protected] Copyright 2000-Author retains copyright