This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laws Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QAw.2ACIB/190.214.1 Message Board Post: I, too, am descended from William Welcom Laws (my 5th Great Grandfather). The information I have says he was born 1788 in VA and died before 1840. Does anyone have more information on him or his parents/siblings, etc.? I would like to trace his line (naturally) as far back as possible. Thank you very much!