http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.catesby/mb.ashx 2006-09-13 15:40:59Z http://c.ancestry.com/s/0/p/5538/i/logo.gif http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.catesby/mb.ashx 175 38 http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.catesby/2/mb.ashx are you suggesting that there are Catesbys in the US today - catesby as a surname that is, not the use of it as a christian name ? 2005-10-07 13:23:12Z tony1vdknkkhust4sq8ub7gidhv58in8d http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.catesby/2/mb.ashx http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.catesby/1/mb.ashx I have traced my family name of Cates back to 1780, the year of my gggggrandfathers John Cates birth. The family story has always been our original name was Catesby. I have been unable to locate his place of birth or his parents. If anyone knows more about Catesby history, and if indeed there were some that dropped the "by" after arriving in the states, I would love to hear from you. Kathe Cates-Johnson - <a href="mailto://kjohnson330@msn.com">kjohnson330@msn.com</a> 2002-07-29 20:16:27Z http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.catesby/1/mb.ashx