This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Snider, Snyder, Ridgway, Ridgeway, Baccus Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1765.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: JoAnn, My John Snider/Snyder was born around 1800 in Pennsylvania. We believe he was the son of William Snider/Snyder and Sarah Baccus (various spellings). No doubt the surname would have been Schneider at some point, and "Henry" seems to be a given name among William's family, but I cannot connect my line to yours. Sorry. I have not researched my Ridg(e)way family in primary records, but I know that my Rachel was born about 1805-6 in Ohio. She married John in 1828 in Ross County, Ohio, but they moved to Indiana within a couple of years. John owned land in Montgomery County, Indiana, so they may first have lived there before moving on to Tippecanoe County, Indiana by 1837. That is when my great-great-grandmother, Nancy Snider/Snyder, was born there. The Ridg(e)way clan seems to have been in Maryland for a number of years before my branch moved to Ohio. If your neighbor is online and would like to compare notes, please ask him or her to contact me. Most of my evidence on the family has been gleaned from secondary sources. Alma