Dye Family References

Several sources were used in the compilation of information about the Dye Family lineage.

1. Regina Barry's "Index to names in my genealogy database". This is a great source for material about Ezekiel Dye's family.

2. A Chart of Consanguinity by John Longstreet Rhymes, New Orleans

3. GENDEX - Dye Surname has a lot of information from "mixed" sources.

4. Dye Society Links - by A. Farquhar

5. Maps
   1. Color Landform Atlas is a fantastic collection of satellite photographs of each state with county boundaries overlayed on the topography.

   2. Early American Trails and Roads is a good reference for understanding migration routes during this time period.

   3. Geographic Names Information System Online Data Base Query Form is an invaluable resource for locating cities, towns, etc. which do not exist on today's maps. The latitude and longitude for Renrock, Ohio, for example, are known from older maps. These data are passed to the Tiger Mapping System of the U.S. Census Bureau which does not "recognize" Renrock, for example.

   4. How Far Is It? -- "This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server. "

   5. Rand McNalley Atlas - 1895 represents a tremendous amount of work as eventually every county in the country will be represented.

6. Paul, Jonathon Genealogy Page. Jonathon is related to Sara Egbert Paul, Ezekiel Dye's second wife. This is an extensive set of links.

7. U.S. GenWeb Project - Ohio Counties

8. Thorla, A. Zaile,1977,Some Glimpses Of Old Renrock, Zanesville, Ohio. [A paper bound "Compilation of Writings and Photographs Concerned with the Pioneer Community of Renrock, Ohio. Written and Collected by a Group of Renrock Descendents". A. Zaile Thorla was the daughter of Silas Thorla. Silas was the oldest man (born in 1859) I ever met as a child. I can recall his stories about watching soldiers come home from the Civil War. Many of the materials in this collection were written by Silas and had been previously published by local newspapers.]

I am looking for any material which will add to or correct the information in these pages. In particular, I am interested in obtaining addition photographs that may be available. In such research there are always questions. Those that occur to me include:

• Where, exactly, was Laurens Duyets born? Who were his parents?

• Who was Ezekiel Dyes mother --- was it Mary Applegate?

• Who was J.S. Dye? In 1867 he owned the land on which Dyesville, Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio, was developed. Is he a relative of Thomas Dye who purchased land in the adjoining Scipio Township in 1819? [Thanks to Laura Myers and Thomas Schultz this question seems to have been answered. Joseph Sheldon Dye was the first son of Martin Dye and the grandson of Thomas Dye.]

• What did the family of Ezekiel Dye know about "healthy living" that we could benefit from?

• Who was Levi Dye? [Ezekiel's step daughter, Harriet Paul, married John Swank. One of their daughters married a Levi Dye....where did he come from?]

• This list could go on and on and most questions will probably never be answered .... but that is part of the fun.

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