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A Message to all those who have contacted me concerning their interest in the Hayles and Line family names.
Since 1997 I have been building a List (or database) to assist in the development of family-trees, whose central characters are my paternal and maternal Grandparents, Henry HAYLES and Austin Augustus LINE respectively. Both raised families in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, England, around one hundred years ago. Henry HAYLES married twice; firstly to Jane Ann JOLLIFFE and following her decease, to Louisa Emily DAVIS. Austin Augustus LINE married Elizabeth Ada PINNICK. By the 1st May 2001, there were around 370 related individuals in the List, about 50 having the surname HAYLES, and about 20 having the surname LINE. It is not a long List, but it is a broad one, covering over 40 fields (or areas) of genealogical interest regarding each individual, although most fields are at present unfilled. This List was stored on my Amiga computer, but it's development was interrupted when I considered how easily all could be lost, and effort wasted, should my Amiga fail. It was also difficult to share this List (apart from hard copies) with other family members who were using PCs, since they have different operating systems to the Amiga's. It was suggested that I transfer the List to an Internet Website, where it could be read by any computer linked to the Internet and where it would be safeguarded against the loss of my computer. A niece in New Jersey, USA offered to help with the data transfer when the site format was fixed; I, by the way, live in Norfolk, England. Appropriate Website pages were designed and uploading of data was proceeding when my Amiga failed through being damaged. This meant lost access to all data stored on the Amiga, when details of only 130 individuals had been uploaded. However, hard copies of the Lists were available. I now have a PC, and having retrieved the Website pages already uploaded, have resumed uploading the remaining Listed data from the hard copies. This will take some time to accomplish, details of about 225 individuals having been uploaded so far. Where is this Website? It is not yet in the public domain. Some family members were initially cautious about making the data public and that caution has been addressed. The main concern now is to upload as much as possible of the List before "going public", so that users of the site might find their visits worthwhile. When it is opened, I hope to notify all those who have contacted me by email, although the site will also be accessible via this, my personal website. If, from the brief references to the "central characters" given in paragraph one, you believe you may relate to, or be able to contribute to this List, please email me via this address .
Eric A Hayles, Norfolk, England.
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For a most useful site in tracing earlier HAYLES families go to: Hales Family History Society |