Welcome to the Farris list. There are a lot of helpful people here, that will try to help if they can. The only thing that I can suggest is (if you haven't done so already) is send off for Opal's birth certificate. That might be of help. And then check census records. Dea Ferris looked to have died in 1960, & Warren died in 1918 so if you have an idea as to where either of them died then you can get their death certificates, when you get those (if you can) it'll show or should show who the funeral home was & where they are buried at. If they do, then you can contact both the funeral home & cemetery & request a copy of their files & that usually contains a lot of helpful info. Good luck & keep posting Alli Blaithin wrote: > > > 1. Warren Farris b. Feb. 8, 1847 d. July 11, 1918. M. Julia somebody... > > 2. Dea Ferris b. April 5, 1881 in Steuben County, IN, d. Aug. 8, 1960 M. > Mercy Naomi VanPelt... > > 3. Opal Ida (Ferris) Smolinske b. Sept. 25, 1913 in Steuben Co., IN. M. > Robert Heinrich Smolinske... > > Grandma (Opal Ferris) Smolinske is still living, but I've gotten as much > info. from her as I can. Seems like the family is hesitant to talk about > Grandma's side of the family and I can't get much more info. than this. I > don't know where Warren Farris was born, or the maiden name of his wife, > Julia. Apparently Julia died when Dea Ferris was only 4, and Dea was sent > off to a foster home, at which time the spelling of his last name was > changed from Farris to Ferris. > > The thing that makes tracing my genealogy so difficult at this point is, I > live in Sunbury, PA and my entire family still lives in Indiana, so I can't > just hop over to the local courthouse or whatever to check records. I've > been getting a teeny bit of info. via the internet/e-mail. I guess I need > to plan a genealogy trip to Indiana combined with a family visit. I've also > written to various family members who supposedly have traced some of the > genealogy, but get no replies. > > Grandma always mentioned that we were Scots/Irish, and judging from the last > names on her side (Farris/Ferris and VanPelt), I'm assuming it was the > Farris line since VanPelt is Dutch, unless there are other ancestors I > haven't found yet that are Scots/Irish. (Who knows, maybe Warren Farris > married Julia O'Connor or something). I'm interested in tracing the Farris > line back to "the auld sod".... > > Hope you all have a nice Memorial Day weekend! > Deb Edmonds Lusby > Sunbury, PA > > ==== 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