Hi Betty. I have seen some of your postings and have exchanged information with your cousin Marlin and with Robin Carmichael about John and Polly Macnelly Laws. If I can prove that my William is the same William that is the son of James, we might we able to establish a connection. Although Robin got your John Laws' death certificate and found that his father is Douglas Laws. Don't know how Douglas fits into the family tree either! We'll have to keep picking away at this brick wall and maybe we can get over it and find we are related. Beth