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/ReC.2ACI/132.1602.1 Message Board Post: Hi. This tread seems to reach a lot further back than I have been able to research. My earliest Shepherd is James Shepherd born about 1780 in Keith. He married a Margret Hardie in Keith 12 Dec 1805. Has anyone encounted these folk in their research. Bob Shepherd - Erin, Ontario, Canada