James, I have been trying to reasearch my husbands line of Laird's, his Grandfather was from Arkansas. I wonder if their might be a connection? Where in Arkansas was yours from? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES W LAIRD" <jwlaird1@juno.com> To: <LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 06 February, 2000 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [LAIRD] Earliest Known Laird Ancestor > Sherry; > Send me any thing you think I will need > to check here in Kentucky, We have a good genealogy > department in our library. Will check the census for > both Hart and barren Counties for the names you > mentioned for the 1830 and 1840, As to whether we > are kin I don't think so. We can't trace our grandfather > at all. My father was Francis Marion Laird Jr. He was from > Arkansas. We found two Lairds with Francis Marion. One > was too young The other show a marriage but didn't name > offsprings. He died of a wound of the head he receives while > on leave. His wife remarried a Hector . In 1932 she applied > for Lairds pension. So I don' think we are related. > James > > JAMES W LAIRD > NICHOLASVILLE KY > VFW POST 10500 LEXINGTON KY. > VFW SERVICE OFFICER > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== > Laird Family Association Website: http://www.qcsi.net/lfa >