This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lidie / Lydie et al Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CFB.2ACI/349 Message Board Post: Possibility the Leidy's of PA. were connected to my ancestral Lidie/Lydies in and around Frederick Md. in late 1700's- on. Would be interested in any thoughts on this. Ancestor, John Lydie has been found with surname spelled many ways. His birth date, abt. 1776 has him in Fredericktown about 1806. Any help - thanks!