My grandmother also said her ancestors were from Scotland. Matter of fact, I have a picture of her father wearing a derby (isn't that Scottish? I am not sure) And, she was anti-catholic also! John ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAB55@aol.com> To: <AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [AUTRY] Jasper Illinois Alexander born NC > That is an interesting thout re Scotland. Reminds me of my late mother who > always said the "Autrys" were French Hugeonots who came to Scotland, then to > America. But I always discounted it as a rumor. It might also explain their > anti-Catholic sentiment, which seemed so common, although most of the ones I > knew were Baptist, not Presbyterian. > So we still need that "original immigrant." Robert Autry Brooks > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the Autr* genealogy page? It's full of information for all versions of the Autr* surname! Take a look at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >