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.