This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CCB.2ACE/76.1 Message Board Post: One thing i've learned recently is that groups of people would pitch in and purchase land that they thought might have oil on it. My gen research is mostly centered in Butler County and Clarion County PA and some of those surnames are familiar. Such as McNutt, John McGee, Lackey, et al