This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pettis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACI/3578.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, my Baltimore people had moved to the Midwest by 1820, so if there was a big fire as they suggest, that one would have been more like 1810 or so. I'll keep looking.