I will be surprised, from what you are telling me, if we are cousins.....even a long way back. Doesn't really sound like it. My relatives were all French, whereas I don't think yours were? Given that Smith is such a popular name (I refuse to call it common,) that is not surprising. My mom was a Smith; I married a Smith; my daughter married a Smith....no relations whatsoever as to the Smith lines. And, BTW, My internet addie name is MOMSmith, not MASmith........ altho my initials are MASmith. Talk about confusing!!! No wonder we have problems with genealogy. Even a simple name like mine is hard to get straight!!! There is NO hope!!!! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Jackson Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Smiths MaSmith Ma Smith wrote: Just a note to both of you who are researching Smiths. My mother was a Smith, and then I married a Smith.....no relation whatsoever, and not the same nationality involved, either. So, talk about Double Trouble!!!! Be happy you only have ONE line of Smiths. Well Ma Smith,My Gideon Leroy Smith(Great Grandpa) married Laura Strong whose father was Aurelius Strong whose mother was Laura Smith that married Joel Strong.There are many many Smiths tucked in and who knows how many were related to begin with -------or perhaps not at all until we get all the answers. And just for a little Canadian fun here we will add Aurelius Strong's wife Mary Louise Miller whose father John Miller was born on a ship on the way over (from England)and ended up in Canada --he married Jane Shaw from Canada and after a parcel of kids they along with her father's family Francis Shaw (from France) that was living in Canada --- moved down to New York. Many of them came to southern Minnesota from New York.I find the history that goes with them just fascinating. Best of Luck Ma -- perhaps I will find that you are a "cousin". Christine When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message