Pyle Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Pyle Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1222 people with the Pyle surname? In that year Pyle was ranked number 2393 for popularity in the UK. |
Pyle records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Pyle family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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Historical References
"PYLE. Weekley gives Pile and Pyle as local forms of an English "west-country word for a creek," and cites Robert Attepile and Bennett de la Pylle (p. 69). John Pill held a tenement in Irvine in 1418 (Irvine, i, p. 126). Philip Pyle, merchant of the realm of Scotland, had safe conducts to travel in England in 1444 and 1446 (Bain, rv, 1181, 1190). Philip Pyle was a notary public in Jedworth in 1454 (Melros, p. 569), William Pyle or Pyll appears as burgess of Irvine in 1465 and 1472 (Irvine, i, p. 28), and Thomas Pyle was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1506 (NSCM., i, p. 43). John Pill was curator for Robert Vaus in Aberdeen in 1533 (CRA., p. 451), six persons of the name are recorded in 1577 (RFC., n, p. 732), Isobel Pylie appears in Edinburgh in 1621 (Edinb. Man.), and George Pyll is recorded in Oxnam nook in 1685 (Peebles CR.). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Pyle Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pyle Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Pyle family tree.
Search Pyle Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Pyle family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Pyle family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Pyle family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Pyle family.
Research the Pyle surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Pyle Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1623 people with the Pyle surname in the UK? Pyle is now ranked number 2598 for popularity in the UK. |
Pyle Genealogy Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Pyle family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Pyle data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Pyle family and people looking to contact living Pyle relations.
Explore GENi for Pyle family records.
Find your Irish Pyle relatives on findmypast.ie
Pyle Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Pyle surname in the USA? Pyle is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Pyle Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Pyle family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Pyle surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.





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