Actually, there is a Howard Sproat that is a cousin I believe- I recall my great-grandfather talking of the time Howard Sproat had offered to take him over to Scotland to see the Sproat cemeteries and land. I am not certain if this is the family member to which he passed on much of his own research, but I know that he was very pleased to have received that offer. Unfortunately, I do not know Howard Sproat myself,. Tina Sproat