This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dennis, Mapes, Ennis, Gates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1079.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know of any connections between the Gates family in MI and your Gates family in IA. The Michigan family does seem to have come from New York, so they may be connected in some way I haven't discoveredl