This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zcB.2ACE/18.19.21.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Bruce -- I am a Smith by marriage but "yes" My husband is a direct descendant of John Skinner Smith: John Smith (Virginia), William Smith (SC), John Skinner Smith and so forth. What information do you have about John Skinner Smith? Do you know anything about John Smith's ancestors? -- Mary Jane