Hi Patricia... I don't have the family photos out here in California. They are back east in storage....since my Mother died. I will be going back over Thanksgiving and will be able to get them....Before you send me pictures...you might want to fax me a copy....for I may have one already and just not know who they are. The name of Ida Sowers was mentioned frequently....but not all of the pictures are labeled with names. David Lairds picture is in a large oval frame and I am not sure how difficult it will be to get it out to be copied. Most of the others are on a heavy cardboard [ the earliest ones ] and would probably copy easily. I think that I only have that 1 picture of David, but there are at least 2 of his wife....that I can remember. I had started to put them in a book, but due to all the illness and moving I didn't get to far with it. I even have some of the clippings from the news papers that I have put in a book. I am not sure how many of them are about the Lairds. I will have to look. Wow! I just got your message about the painting. How neat!!! Would love to have a photo of James. I have a feeling that David used to play the piano at the church....I have a hymnal with his name in it. To put it bluntly....I have tons of paper that I can barely see over the top of....Finding things will take time...I guess. I would like to put a cookbook together sometime.....Sallie Laird had kept recipes named by the people she got them from. I think that Ida had given her at least one. Are the rest of the family interested in this info???? Got to get to work....Loie -----Original Message----- From: PLairdhoward@aol.com [mailto:PLairdhoward@aol.com] Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 10:02 AM To: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAIRD-L] York Co., PA., Laird's Loie, In reference to your earlier post. I would be interested in knowing more about your book that shows where the Lairds and Boyds lived in Ireland and would love to have a copy of the map. I would also be interested in having a picture of David Laird and wife Louisa, and I will send you a picture of David Laird's brother William Penn Laird and wife Ida Sowers. Actually, I have one of William and wife, and a picture of them with their Laird children. I also have a picture of William Penn Laird's house, and would love to see a picture of David Lairds home and Blacksmith Shop. As you probably know David's father James K. Laird was a well known blacksmith in the area. As for Pinchot Park, part of the land that makes up the park was the Homestead of Reuben Laird. I guess the area of land now known as Pinchot Park was bought around 1958. I have a picture of one of the houses that was torn down. My father claimed that it was a Laird house, but I have not identified who it would have belonged to. I would think that it was probably built long before Reuben Laird settled in the area. The house is made of stone, and only has windows in the front. My father claimed that this was in case of an Indian attack, but I can't verify his statement. Possibly if I sent you a copy of the picture you would know more about it than I do. Sincerely, Patricia ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== Laird Resource Page: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/