Hi, my line came from Ireland and spelled it PHARES, it got changed to PHARIS, PHARRIS, and, FARRIS over here. Gerald Pharis gpharis@nemonet.com -----Original Message----- From: Don Haynie <mjfasdh@fs1.ce.umist.ac.uk> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:17 AM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Re: FARRIS-D Digest V99 #82 >Gail, > > The spelling p-h-a-r-i-s is no longer in use in (Northern) Ireland. It >seems unlikely that this spelling ever was very popular there. > > Don > >At 00:10 19/03/99 EST, you wrote: >>gail >> >>my father did tell me once that when our ancester farris' came from ireland, >>the first spelling was pharis........today is the first time i have actually >>seen it in your listing..........and yes, those old days just seem to >those of >>us who are searching, just really sad times.........you should be proud of >>your name and what it stands for.....yet there are so many stories about why >>it has changed thru the years......what will our future children >think....hope >>all of us can get this straightened out for them........thx mary >> >> >>==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >>Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the >"FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html >> >> > >_________________________________ > >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 ==== >You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >In the surname field, type in Farris > >