This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bitner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XKE.2ACIB/149 Message Board Post: I am part of a team of archaeologists investigating the "Bitner Ranch" in northwestern Nevada. It was there by 1870. We think the original homesteader was named Jacob. Can anybody tell us anything...? Thanks