Hello - Although your original post is from 2001, I have just found it. Was your James Ward, Perth County, Ontario born in Scotland, married to Mary McLoed, with a son, Robert born in 1848? If so, we are related. I'm descended from Robert Ward and his wife, Janet Barr Ward and their daughter, Mary Ann Fern(e) Ward. Hoping to hear back from you. Jean E. DeLauche