This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLaughlin, Smith, Searles,Taggart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNC.2ACE/989.3 Message Board Post: Hello Betty! I am also descended from Thomas McLaughlin and Joanna Searles. My great grandmother was Lydia Bell McLaughlin her parents were Moses Smith McLaughlin and Anna Gray, both from New Brunswick. Thomas McLaughlin was his great Grandfather. I am so interested in what you may have discovered about our family! Could you please contact me at hmcdbute@cccomm.net and perhaps exchange info! This is so important to me! I appreciate all your help! Thank you! Your cousin in Nevada Holly McDaniel Bute