This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jtaylor1142001 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.smart/1011.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am descended from a Thomas Smart. His family is described in a book which can be read online thanks to the Google digitizing effort: "The Donald family: with notes on related families" By Donald Gordon. The Smart chapter starts on page 27. This link may work for you, unless it is a transitory one. http://books.google.com/books?id=9zpKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=Donald family scotland&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Donald family scotland&f=false The connection with the Smarts is that an Agnes Smart married a Donald. Many of the names of the Smarts mentioned seem to correlate with names that have been mentioned on this board. I am a great grandson of the James J. Smart who is quoted in some of the footnotes. Good luck. John Taylor Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.