This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLaughlin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/265.308 Message Board Post: I am also a McLaughlin by heritage (my g-grandmother). I went through the McLaughlin book I have complied by Steven K. McLaughlin in Dallas, Texas in 1990. I can't find the persons you mentioned in the book. Of course, thare are lines he doesn't have much info on (including my own, but he would be a contemporary of your ancestors James and Martha). My g-g-grandfather was David H. McLaughlin, son of Henry McLaughlin and Jane Latta. Henry and Jane were the first in my line to come to Mercer Co, Ill. Henry was the son of John McLaughlin and Agnas McLaughlin. Agnas was the daughter of Patrick McLaughlin. John was son of James and Mary McLaughlin. James and Mary were born in Ireland, don't know much more about them or about Patrick. John died in Mercer County PA and his wife Agnas died in Ohio. Henry and Jane (Latta) were the ones that came to Mercer Co, Ill. Henry was b. 10-31-1795 in Mifflin Co., PA and died 9-20-1881 and buried Norwood Cemetery, Mercer Co., Il Jane Latta was b. 4-10-1796 in ?, and died 9-13-1872 and also buried Norwood Cemetery, Mercer Co., Il. Henry and Jane had 10 children: John L (married Marcha Angelo), Samuel Potter (married Margaret Jane Strong), Levi (married Mary Moore), **David H. (married Margaret Stevens [second marriage, don't know maiden name] and Mary Fleharty Roberts), James Reid (married Nancy Jane Lossee and Lavina A. Sedwick), Benjamin W (married Lydia Donaldson), Josiah B (married Harriet McMillan), Margaret Ann (married John Bell Morford), Henry Allen (married Lavina Jane Morford), and Silas Speir (married Adelade A Drown). These 10 kids were born from 1817 to 1834. **David H is my gg-grandfather. If anything jives, feel free to ask for more info. Don't have anything on Lairds, though. Sorry.