thank you! Believe it or not, my SMITHs came from Shetland - a group of Islands off Scotland. Although there are a lot of Smiths in Shetland, the family managed to get back to my 3x Great Grandfather a James SMITH (such an unusual name, eh??). After much research and comparing notes, I found the parents of James, but am stuck there as so far no records have come to light. James had a brother William who had a son Nicol,etc. Actually both men named their lst born sons Nicol so the usual Scots naming paterns tend to add to confusion. It is William's Nicol who came to the U.S. at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. Traced him and his son Malcolm to Howard County, Iowa. Hoping to establish some contact with descendants of Nicol or Malcolm in the U.S. Have recently made contact with descendant from this Nicol's son that stayed in Scotland. He had a son who became a member of parliament and gained a "sir" title. Do you belong to the SMITH board or list? Lauraine > > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > Date: 2009/08/05 Wed PM 04:54:00 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] SMITH, Nicol b. 1794 > > I wish you luck researching SMITH. My mother's maiden name was Smith. I > married a Smith......and if there is any relationship between them, I think > it must go back as far as Adam and Eve!!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of syrnick@mts.net > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:51 PM > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] SMITH, Nicol b. 1794 > > Is anyone on the list researching the surname of SMITH? Interested in > Nicol SMITH who immigrated to the U.S. around the start of the civil war. > He ended up in Iowa and is buried there. Would very much like to make > contact with anyone researching this Shetland family. > > Lauraine > > 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 > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > 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 CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >