Hi Sarah. Have we exchanged info before? I do not recognize your screen name as one on my contact list. Your response to the Laird list of names on the Roots-L Mailing List about the "Leaird" spelling caught my attention. For obvious reasons I am very interested in who your gggg-grandfather was. I am a descendant of William and Elvey McLeard and our branch of the family spell our name "Leaird" today. Ken Leaird