Seeking information on Joseph LAIRD who was born Abt. 1770 in Scotland and died January 05, 1845 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois. He married Abt. 1799 Eleanor "Ellen" MORRISON who was born Abt. 1778 in Scotland and who died January 21, 1845 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois. They were the parents of Eleanor "Ellen" LAIRD who was born January 01, 1814 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and who died March 01, 1908 in Braymer, Caldwell Co., Missouri. She married October 28, 1830 in Clark County, Ohio Joel M. PHARES who was born December 20, 1810 in Ohio and who died March 23, 1876 in Braymer, Caldwell County, Missouri. Thanks, Mark R. Gideon mgideon@columbus.rr.com

I need some help. My ancestor, Samuel Laird, was born in Pennsylvania September 3, 1804. I have no real knowledge of his parentage, or town of birth. In my searching I found a family in Washinton County that might fit. I hope some of you have researched this family. John Laird and Mary Snodgrass Laird emmigrated from Donegal County, Ireland around 1800. They had sons Alexander, James, John, Jesse, Robert, and a daughter. They settled in Washington County, PA in what was called Donegal Township. John Jr married Margaret Snodgrass. Jesse married and ended up in Vermillion County, Illinois and I think maybe he moved to Iowa. James also married and had some children including a son named Samuel. I have no date of birth for Samuel except that he was the oldest. This James Laird family appears in the 1810 Census with a wife and three children. He disappears for a few years, then shows up again in Washington County in the 1840 Census. According to the "History of Guernsey County" a James Laird family appeared in Guernsey County, Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1819. This is at the same time James Albin and Barbara Hoover Albin arrived in Guernsey County with their family from Hampshire County Virginia (now Hancock County WVa.) My Samuel Laird married their daughter, Delilah Albin Secrest, in 1824. The Albin family attended Claysville Methodist Episcopal Church in Washinton County PA, as did the James Laird family. Thus, it is not inconceivable that the children of those two families played together. And, if the James Laird in Guernsey County is the same James Laird from Washington County, PA, the marriage of Samuel and Delila is not at all unusual. This is all beautiful and logical theory. But I can't prove any of the theory that my Samuel is the son of James Laird from Washington County. I hope some of you have researched the John Laird line and can help me. You can email me direct at thelairds@att.net. - Paul Laird

RESEARCH FROM TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECORDS INDICATES JASPER NEVER ENTERED TEXAS For information consult the address below. As near as can be found. the Founder Mr John Bevil, is responsible for name of Jasper County and the city of Jasper , He named it for the man who DIED RAISING THE REVOLUTIONARY FLAG IN SAVANNAH GA. ---------TEXT FOLLOWS------------ Jasper County was named for William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero who died during the storming of Savannah, GA in 1779. Bevil also chose the name in remembrance of William Jasper. Virginia K. P. Rigby Director, East Texas Research Center Stephen F. Austin State University Ralph Steen Library Box 13055, SFA Station Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3055 http://libweb.sfasu.edu/etrc/etrchome.htm SINCERELY: FATFINGEREDFRANK

I am looking for information on Charles K. Lard who married Jane J. Dinwiddie November 13, 1834 in Paris, Jennings, Indiana. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Glenda Dinwiddie-Ripple

I am still trying to find my Laird family who moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in the early 1800s. Some of them were allegedly in the Revolution. John Laird married a Pheobe Ford who was somenow related to Thomas Ford, a governor of Illlinois around 1850. Can't find anything on them either. Sure would appreciate some hints as to where to look. Mary Szymanowski

Dear Cousins~ I am in the final months of my master's degree and will soon be working on my thesis. I'm too overwhelmed to stay on the rootsweb lists. However, if any of you need further information about my earliest ancester/the Nathaniel Laird line as partially detailed in the first Laird family newsletter, I will gladly respond to any personal e-mails at my new address Cybersurfinsally @cs.com. God bless, and good luck in your quests Sally Andolino in Sunny San Diego

Welcome, Susan, Your e-mail address has been added to the LAIRD-L subscriber list, and hopefully some of us will be able to provide you with some help. Regards, Russell Laird ============== ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:41:15 -0800 (PST) Send reply to: "Susan North" <susannorth@earthlink.net> From: "Susan North" <susannorth@earthlink.net> To: <LAIRD-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com> Subject: Subscribe to Laird Information List Please add my e-mail address to the your list: SusanNorth@earthlink.net My maiden name is Susan Hall Laird. My grandfather, John Parry Laird, Jr. (born circa 1890's) was originally from Decatur, Georgia. He and my grandmother moved to San Francisco in the 1930's where our family remains. Our family intermingled with the Parry (also spelled Perry), Greene and Flake families from the southern region of the United States. Most of my relatives have these names or variations thereof included in their given names at birth. We know that we are descendant's of General Nathaneal Greene of the Revolutionary War era. It would be interesting to discover and learn more information about the Laird family.

Sorry, The correct url for free access to ancestry.com is as follows: http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/holidays.htm Sincerely, Patricia Laird Howard

Hello everyone, Just received the following e-mail from ancestry.com. Celebrate the holidays with Ancestry.com as we give free access to the entire site from December 20, 1999 to January 4, 2000. To access their site use the following url: http://www.ancestry.com Happy Hunting. Sincerely, Patricia Laird Howard

------ =_NextPart_000_01BF429E.8076D280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Merry Christmas to all my wonderful genealogy friends and all the Lairds around the world, wherever you may be. Anyone with Laird family history please continue to send what you have. A book on the history of the Lowell Laird (son of Marion, son of James, son of Samuel) family is in the works. My deepest thanks to Judy Laird Griffin and Eve Love for their help. And to BarbaraKDS for information on the Albin family. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BF429E.8076D280--

------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:15:18 -0800 (PST) From: jbrown70@san.rr.com To: <LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: {not a subscriber} LAIRD Elim LAIRD, born 1820 in MS? First found in the 1850 Census of Newton Co., MS, with wife, Sarah___?, born 1821 in___? Children listed in the Newton Co.1850 Census: Elisha LAIRD, born 1841; Robert LAIRD, born 1843; Ervin Elim LAIRD, born 1846; Sarah LAIRD, born 1850. I don't know how many children Sarah and Elim had, before she died, but Elim marries again to a Melissa (JENNINGS) JONES. She was a neighbor married to James Isham JONES and was daughter of Samuel JENNINGS and his wife, Bethany/Bethenia BAILY or HALEY from TN, also nearby neighbors. There were more children after Melissa and Elim married and one daughter, Elmyra LAIRD says she was born in Hinds Co., MS on their way to TX. The family is found in Davis (which became Dass Co., TX) in the 1870 census. By 1880, Melissa is apparently widowed and living in Kaufman Co., TX with some of the remaining children and next to one of her sons from her first marriage, Isham JONES, his wife ansd small daughter named Melissa. I've l! ost some of my computer data and am replacing it slowly, so I will add to this later. My GGrandmother is Cornelia LAIRD, daughter of Sarah and Elim LAIRD, born1854 or 1856. JBrown

I'm going to give this another try, hoping that someone on this list will recognize my great grandfather and have a little info for me. - Great Grandfather - M.C. Laird, born approx. 1876 in Arkansas, he married Pearl Hopkins, also of Arkansas. They moved to Truckee, Nevada Co., California, showing up on the 1910 Census with their daughter Viola Mae. They cannot be found together in the 1920 Census. It's my understanding that Pearl, who had had two sons with M.C. between 1910 and 1915, took the three children and moved to Arizona. The two boys were, Orville Manuel and Horace Dean. M.C. was seldom heard from by the family after that. If anyone recognizes this family - I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Karen O.

Could someone repost that URL. I tried all last night but could not get past the "password box" . Thank you. Paul A. Laird (grandfather of Logan, father of Robert, son of Robert, grandson of Glen, ggrandson of Lowell, gggrandson of Marion, ggggrandson of James, gggggrandson of Samuel) -----Original Message----- From: joyce [SMTP:hdempsey@CITCOM.NET] Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 7:24 AM To: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAIRD-L] access genealogylibrary Pat: Thank you so much for sharing this. I have just recently found my g-grandfather, Samuel Barnett Laird, b. Jan 29, 1827, d March 2, 1916. I have his obituary and where he is buried. He was listed in the latest Laird Newsletter of those in the Civil War in PA. Also have the obit for his wife, Marie/Mariah Roberts Laird. His obituary says he was born in Westmoreland County, PA and names his children, "John Laird, of Turtle Creek; Elmer Laird, of Uniontown; Harry Laird (my grandfather) of Elrama; Minnie Killius of Coal Center; Katherine Hines of West Brownsville, and Martha Elizabeth Friday of Petersburg, PA. His death certificate lists "unknown" as his parents. I looked up the census in PA on the website you listed and found that he is possibly the son of Hugh Laird, b 1799 and Sarah Laird, c. 1806. If you want me to send you the obits for the newsletter, I would be happy to. Joyce Laird Dempsey At 11:55 AM 12/02/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Robert, > You have two choices-the show title, and show title with text. >Choose show title with text. Let me know if that works. I believe >that when you just type in show title it will not give you access >to the text. > >Sincerely, >Patricia > > >==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== >Laird Resource Page: >http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/ > > ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== Laird Resource Page: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/

http://www.familytreemaker.com/holiday99/ When prompted, type in the following User name and Password: User name: holiday Password: special Sincerely, Patricia Laird Howard

Pat: Thank you so much for sharing this. I have just recently found my g-grandfather, Samuel Barnett Laird, b. Jan 29, 1827, d March 2, 1916. I have his obituary and where he is buried. He was listed in the latest Laird Newsletter of those in the Civil War in PA. Also have the obit for his wife, Marie/Mariah Roberts Laird. His obituary says he was born in Westmoreland County, PA and names his children, "John Laird, of Turtle Creek; Elmer Laird, of Uniontown; Harry Laird (my grandfather) of Elrama; Minnie Killius of Coal Center; Katherine Hines of West Brownsville, and Martha Elizabeth Friday of Petersburg, PA. His death certificate lists "unknown" as his parents. I looked up the census in PA on the website you listed and found that he is possibly the son of Hugh Laird, b 1799 and Sarah Laird, c. 1806. If you want me to send you the obits for the newsletter, I would be happy to. Joyce Laird Dempsey At 11:55 AM 12/02/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Robert, > You have two choices-the show title, and show title with text. >Choose show title with text. Let me know if that works. I believe >that when you just type in show title it will not give you access >to the text. > >Sincerely, >Patricia > > >==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== >Laird Resource Page: >http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/ > >

At 12:35 PM 12/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >Robert, > Sorry, I may have given you the wrong url. Try this one. > >http://www.familytreemaker.com/holiday99/ > >Let me know if this works. Yep, that did the trick! THANKS!!!!! -- Robert - ---------------------------------------------- mailto:rlaird@cavediver.com http://www.concentric.net/~rlaird/ Phone: 713-503-2949 - ---------------------------------------------- There is an exception to every rule! ... er, except this one... No generalization is worth a damn, .....including this one...

At 11:28 AM 12/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hello everyone, > The most recent information being passed around the mailing >lists is that FamilyTreemaker is allowing non members free access to their >genealogy library for one week. To take advantage of this offer, Simply type >the word GenealogyLibrary.com as your url and hit go. You will need to >type in a keyword and password once you access the page. The keyword is >"holiday" and the password is "special." However, they will ask you to fill >out a registration form. After the registration form is completed you are >ready to search their library. When I typed in the surname "Laird" it came >up with 1351 entries. I didn't need to type in a keyword or password to get to that page. The search I did showed the book titles, but when I tried to access a title, it said I needed to log-in. I tried to log-in as a member, but the keyword and password you provided didn't work. -- Robert - ---------------------------------------------- mailto:rlaird@cavediver.com http://www.concentric.net/~rlaird/ Phone: 713-503-2949 - ---------------------------------------------- There is an exception to every rule! ... er, except this one... No generalization is worth a damn, .....including this one...

Good morning! If you sew or know someone who sews, and want a Scot-Celt outfit, you are in luck. Simplicity patterns has two Celtic patterns out now. #8913 is called "The Celtic Costume Collection" and has a man's kilt, spats, drape, pouch, hat (tam) and shirt in men's sizes Extra Small to Extra Large. Simplicity 8855 is the women's pattern with a blouse, long skirt and overskirt, lace up front vest, shawl and tam. Sizes are 6 through 20. Patterns are normally $11.95 and $12.95, but many fabric stores have the patterns on sale during the pre-Christmas sales, I bought my patterns for 99 cents each. Now if we only knew for sure what tartan to use.......Best wishes, Pat Jorgensen

Robert, Sorry, I may have given you the wrong url. Try this one. http://www.familytreemaker.com/holiday99/ Let me know if this works. Sincerely, Patricia

Robert, You have two choices-the show title, and show title with text. Choose show title with text. Let me know if that works. I believe that when you just type in show title it will not give you access to the text. Sincerely, Patricia