In a message dated 5/20/2008 5:17:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, indplbry@triwest.net writes: Would either Hirsch or Zvi also apply to the surname Harris? ********************** It might, but did you see my earlier posting about how one of my relatives changed the surname KHARATZ (usually "Charatz" in the U.S.) to HARRIS? (The same surname sometimes appears as Harats or Haratz in the U.S. and Israel.) I would say that just about anything that remotely sounds like Harris could end up becoming Harris in an English-speaking environment. Brian Neil Burg Fullerton, CA, USA **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)