Is there anyone on this list that spells their name "Feris" other than me? I hardly ever see this spelling. Dee Feris Self Don Haynie 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