Has anyone kept a list of all the varations of spelling that have been mentioned? If so, forward to me at wcr@netunlimited.net and I will put something on the web page about the variations in spelling. Wanda >Please include: Pharrus, Phayre and Phayres > >Jim Phares ><pharesj@datastar.net> > >At 08:25 PM 03/18/1999 +0000, you wrote: >>Gail writes: >> >>>I totally agree with Carole about the surname spelling! We have been >>>researching quite a bit and there are tons of different spellings used, >>>sometimes several different versions in the same document. I have ruled >>>possibilities out due to spelling difference, and regretted it down the >road. >>> >>>You need to consider the times, the backgrounds, the nationalities, the >>>literacy and such when you look at the spelling variations. >> >> Here are just a few variants: >> >> Faires, Fairess, Fairish, Farash, Fares, Faress, Faris, >> Farish, Fariss, Farras, Farriss, Farrise, Farrish, >> Feris, Ferise, Ferris, Ferriss, Ferrisse, Pharis >> >> If you are aware of others, please let me know. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Don Haynie >> >> >> >>_________________________________ >> >>Dr Donald T. Haynie >>Department of Biomolecular Sciences >>UMIST >>PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD >>England >> >>Tel: +44 (0) 161 200 8919 >>Fax: +44 (0) 161 236 0409 >>_________________________________ >> >> >>==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >>Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >> >> > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html