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/RGCBAEB/127.331.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, my Ratliff Branch goes from Hillsborough County, Florida back to Marion County, Florida back to Decatur County, Georgia back to Sumter County, Georgia. My line goes back to a Thomas W. Ratliff in Plains,Sumter County, GA, who married Mary Ann Hobbs in 1846. Thomas W. Ratliff's father's name was Robert Ratliff. Let me know if there is a connection. Thanks, Susan