This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AB.2ACI/6899.1 Message Board Post: Wilder and Some Connecting Families in the Southeastern United States of America, by William Murtha Wilder, traces Wilders back to UK in the 1400s at least, and maybe further. Based on his book for the early part, I have my Wilders from that time in Berkshire, UK, to my g grandmother Elizabeth J. Wilder, b. 1844 in whitley County, KY.