This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/728.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Ray, There were a large numbers of Fortners in Wilkes and Elbert County, Ga, early on. Many of the persons from that part of Ga migrated to Montgomery County, Al in the early 1800`s. There are good websites from those counties in GA and you may make a connection by checking there. Polly Clarke