INSLaird@cs.com wrote: > > I have found quite a useful Clan Map at the following URL: > "http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/clanmap.html" > With so many places mentioned in our discussion groups and with so much > history revealed, a map can often bring things into focus. It certainly > serves to explain why Lairds in Caithness would seek to support the Sinclairs > (along with the better known local families, Budges, Clynes, Linklaters, > Lyalls and Masons). > > Yours aye > > Iain > > ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== > List archive search engines? See resource page at: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/ IAIN: I checked out your map of the Clans, and was very impressed. My other half is a Laird and My grandfather's family were Gordon's. The Laird side I have with help traced to 1789 in Kentucky, right now I am at a standstill on this side. The Gordon's I have back to 1805 in Missouri. Somehow I will get across the pond with these various ancesters, but sometimes you get bogged down with information. Thank you for all the info you have posted on email, as I print all of it out for future reference. Shirley