This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YWC.2ACI/3938.3947.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Brendon The letter was written by my great great grandfather in Stralohan to Scott Brown's great great grandfather in Ohio in 1858. Indeed, it is a great record to have. It has provided me with so much information about my family. Johnny Bleakley must have been a great friend of the Lawrences because he sent money back to my great great grandfather from New Zealand. I suspect this indicates that the two were related in some way but I have not been able to establish the connection. Ian Belfast, Northern Ireland