This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TomNash99 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.indiana/633.1.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much for your kind reply. I can see I have some thorny discrepancies to sort through. My information comes from the Josiah V Thomson Journals, in which he was researching the Jack - McFarland lines, among many others around 1920. He showed Elizabeth McFarland, b 3 Oct 1805, m John Lowman (no dates) w/ son John McFarland Lowman. Your info from your relation shows John M.(cFarland) Lowman to be son of John and his 1st wife Mary Allison (same b date as I had for 2nd wife), which I find odd, given the son's middle name. Clearly I have some work to do to try to unravel these contradictions. Again thanks for your input. Tom Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.