This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peterson/Pettersson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/219.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Arvid and his wife and children would have been the only ones in AZ. Peterson was originally spelled Pettersson, as it is spelled on the trunk that came with them from Sweden. Thank you for the info and for taking the time to look up the info. Julie