This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/5145.5345.5350 Message Board Post: Hi My family were also Strachan's from Dreghorn Ayrshire. My direct ancestor is Andrew Strachan and his wife Elizabeth Howat. Thomas Laught Strachan who married Jane Frew was their son. James Strachan born 1840 who married Mary Lindsay (Thomas's brother) were my great great grandparents.