Hi Ian, I think that the Sinclair Laird shown on the grave stone is probably related to my two Sinclair Lairds...if I read the death date correctly on the grave stone as 1888...that is close to the time periods of my Sinclair Lairds... I've been told that Sinclair Laird is not a common name and the database that you mentioned to me earlier apparently registered only 4 Sinclair Lairds (I forget what time frame you mentioned). Since I already have two of them in my line and because the children were named after the parents....it makes me believe this Sinclair Laird could be the 3rd in my line and my g-g-g-g-g grandfather. Do you have any more information on him....children or wife's names? My oldest Sinclair Laird was born 1842-1845 in Wick ....son of John Laird (no info on him) - died 1910 at Hempriggs, Parish of Wick - married Jane Laird - children Jeffrrey S, Jessie C., Lizzie I., Hannah, Mary Ann My next Sinclair McKay Laird was born 1867 in Wick ...son of Sinclair Laird..... - married May Leith - children John, Alexanderina and Mary - died May 29, 1934 in Olrig Also my great aunt, May Leith (18 unmarried) worked as a servent for John Sinclair (31 unmarried) and his sister Lizzie Sinclair and John's stepmother Janet Sinclair (Janet and Lizzie both born at Canisbay). So I can see how the Laird/Sinclair lines could have become interwoven. May Leith was ...... - born August 19, 1862 in Wick - died September 15, 1934 in Olrig - daughter of Charlies and Janet (m/s Steven) Barb Campbell Supply Management Phone (403) 314-8459, Fax (403) 314-8411 E-mail CAMPBEBL@NOVACHEM.COM > The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those > of NOVA Chemicals. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: INSLaird@cs.com [SMTP:INSLaird@cs.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 4:00 AM > To: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LAIRD-L] Family History Project Update > > I have added a new web page with photos of Canisbay Kirk, the Kirkyard and > > views of Canisbay and Duncansby, all Sinclair Country in Caithness, but > where > Lairds were also to be found. The photos include the flagstone of Sinclair > > Laird of West Canisbay House. The URL is > http://ourworld.cs.com/LairdFHP/Photos.htm. I have also added Canisbay > Kirk > records and my Laird IGI database (from our Caithness origins) and Census > > information to our main site at http://ourworld.cs.com/INSLaird. Both are > > linked, but I have a little difficulty with the linking through > Compuserve, > which is why I provide both URLs. I have now used up my 2 mb of space on > both sites - photos are memory hungry! I hope this information will be > useful for other contributors. > > Yours aye > > Iain Laird > > > ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== > Laird Resource Page: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/