I just read this message and realize that it was posted long ago. Did you find your father's Eccle relatives. I am related to a group of Eccles in Louisiana- and incidentally, my maiden name is Miller. I am especially interested in your post since I am currently searching for a James Eccles born in Ireland and immigrated to Louisiana in the mid 1800s. He was a brother to my great grandfather Thomas Edward Eccles. They had a brother named John G Eccles who died in the civil war. I am Carole Anne Sarah, wife of MarvinThomas75.