This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.alexander/3863.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if this is the same line of Alexanders, but "my" Alexanders originated in Tarbet, Kintyre, Scotland. In the era of Oliver Cromwell, they left Scotland for a small village in Ulster named "Manorcunningham".