This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laury, Laurie, Lauri, Lawrie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/9936 Message Board Post: I have a Michael Laurie/Laury born in 1720 in Wurttemberg, Germany, who immigrated to America in 1756. The family story says he was of Scottish descent. Anyone else have a similar pattern? I've found one other family that followed the Scotland > Wurttemberg > America pattern, the Leslies. I'd like to find whether there was a sizable refugee population of Scotsmen in Wurttemberg.