This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jdJBAEB/705.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry. Don't see how asking where the family originated is at cross-purposes with your posting but I apologize for annoying you. Oh and I am the great niece of a William Stiles (middle initial unknown) from Salem New Jersey whom I am researching, which is why your posting caught my attention.