Several Lairds came over from Ireland. Bonnie Prince Charles, later King Charles, banished many of the Scottish Lairds to Ireland. Some of them later emmigrated to the New World in the mid-18th century. Paul Laird -----Original Message----- From: LAIRDHE@aol.com [SMTP:LAIRDHE@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:03 PM To: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAIRD] Spellings Are you insinuating that we just might be Irish? How about all the years we have researched Scotland, Ian what about this? ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== List problem or question? e-mail Russell Laird at rlaird@1starnet.com