This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/382.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know what J.A. stands for.I have asked a lot of the family that question but it seems anyone that could have answered it died long ago. Do you have a J.A. in your family? Jean