This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BARTLETT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAC.2ACE/2681.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I've had very good luck solving this type of question using the Personal Property Tax List - a list of males over 21 that was made every year from 1782 to 1850+ Both parents would have to be alive in 1804 and probably be listed in 1805. By reviewing the microfilm (from LDS at any FHC) you can see when the family came and left Frederick Co, VA. I've traced BARTLETTs/BERKLEYs this way from Loudoun Co and to Montgomery Co and KY...