This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ratliff, Simmons Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGCBAEB/883.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for responding! In the field of genealogy, nothing is a long shot! : ) I am printing your message and will keep it with my info on the Simmons and Ratliff families....what's funny is that my Simmons line is a brick wall too! I'll use the info that you've sent and will continue to look! If I find a connection, I'll let you know. Again, thanks so much!