This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair, Shanks, Rea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/1854 Message Board Post: 1. Seeking information on the family of Brice Blair and Eleanor Shanks who were living in the Newtonards area, Co. Down, Ireland, in 1796 when son James was born. Brice was born about 1767 in the Diocese of Down and Connor and Dromore. 2. Also, seeking a link between the above Brice Blair and Brice Blair born about 1600 in Ayr, Scotland, and who married Jane Rea in Raloo, Antrim, Ireland, in 1624.