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/4BC.2ACI/2112.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Cynthia, I am Tom Anderson, and my ancestors are traced back through Deaf James to Isaac Anderson (m. to Martha). Others in my line are Thomas Edward Anderson, John Pleasant Anderson, William McClure Anderson, Pleasant McClure Anderson, James Anderson, and Jacob Anderson). I have a lot of questions about the personal lives of all of these people in the Anderson Clan. Notably, did the McClure middle name of Pleasant and William have anything to do with the McCleur or McClure family in Rockbridge County, VA, and do you know any more about Isaac Sr. (Deaf James' Father) - what part of Ireland did he come from (was it possibly from the Presbyterian colony of Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland). Also, since Anderson is not a common name in Ireland, some have deduced that they were immigrants into Ireland, maybe from Scotland. Do you have any of this information? My family tradition has always been that we have original roots back to Sweden, but I have not been able to find them yet. I will a! lso send this to your email address. Thanks, Tom