This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YWC.2ACI/3938.3947.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes the Parsons in Belfast that own the tailoring/clothing business are related to me, and are descended from the Parsons of Stralohan and Curramahon, I spoke to one of them once but we dont have close contact. You must be connected to the Lawrence letter, an awesome momento to those of us with ancestors mentioned in it. I recently discovered that it gives me an important clue as to why my ancestor Elizabeth Parsons came to N.Z. in 1862with her sister Catherine. You see Catherine Parsons married a John Bleakley soon after arriving here, the breakthrough came when I realised that this was the same Johnny Bleakley that is discussed in the letter. Brendon Wellington New Zealand