This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crystal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SYQ.2ACEB/2.4.12 Message Board Post: Matt, I descend from William Crystal as well. Do you have a source for your note that William fought with Peter the Great? I think the timing is off: Peter lived from 1672 to 1725; William, from about 1765 to 1833. Perhaps it was a different Czar? Or a different Crystal? Malcolm