This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Purtle/ Pirtle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JgB.2ACE/1034 Message Board Post: My name is John Cook. My greatgrandfather was John Cook, who married a Marguerite, or Maggie Pirtle in the late 1800's. He later abandoned the family. I am trying to trace both the Cook ancestry, and the Pirtle ancestry. I'm told that Ollie Pirtle (or maybe Purtle ), of Jackson, Tennessee, was Marguerite's brother. I'm told that he has a daughter, still living, named Ollie Fay; I do not know her married name. Please help me contact these relatives. My e-mail address is redrowdy2003@yahoo.com Thank You; John Cook