Dear Cousins I thought you would be interested in further correspondence relating to the question "What is a Laird? Thought this was the Sinclair List." Yours aye Iain Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:41:35 +0100 From: Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk> Subject: Lairds If we look at the names of those who have contributed most to the Sinclair cause, you will find few Sinclairs but a great many paragenetic Sinclairs. It may be folly to begin naming them but can we begin with the late Jim Whittall and Pete Cummings? And go on to our ex-President (Bouschor) and our present President (Barker) and our genealogist (Server) and our Clan historian (Fechner) and our great educationist (Fowler) and that great Clan stalwart, Jean Grigsby and the hundreds of others who man Sinclair tents in every State of America and every Province of Canada. We owe them a great debt just as we owe you John Sinclair Quarterman a big thank you for your patience, perseverance and persistence. And, as for the Lairds, they have done us proud with their presence and support in Caithness and in Norway. We would all be weaker without the involvement of such people. They are more than kin. They are friends. My friends. Your friends. Our friends. Let us welcome them as such. Let us also thank God that we have such people on our side. Let us be worthy of THEM. Niven Sinclair - ---------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:12:01 EDT From: DSinc39156@aol.com Subject: Re: Lairds Niven, once again you have brought a smile to my face. I doubt if you remenber this but, I wrote a letter to Ian Sutherland of Wick, asking a question about the Sinclair family from Hempriggs House. Mr. Sutherland sent the letter to our friend, Ian Sinclair, who then sent it to you. You in turn sent it to Ian Laird. It was Ian Laird who was able to answer my questions. As it turns out, there were also Lairds who hailed from Hempriggs. Ian Laird is as much part of our family as I am. Donald Sinclair (Indianapolis) [ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@mids.org [ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html - ----------------------------