This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BOY.2ACIB/1340.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This is Great! My mom says your Grandfather was either James or Clayton....... If you have info on the generations beginning with your Gr-Grandfather, I would love to have a copy. I have been searching for my Gr-Grandmother's parents for 20 years. Now that I have them, I still want to go further back. Susan