This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: carpenter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YW.2ADI/4225.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm sorry that you feel I have already had an answer. My question is really not about my grandfather. It is about where Baxter Tract is. All I know is "near Sonoma". I can't find it on any map and it must be an area of sorts. Is it east, west or ? from Sonoma. Perhaps some would know.