And I also thank you for the nice welcome to the new members. My lineage comes down like this: Jeffrey Ferris Lei, Eng. > CT b.1610 James Ferris b.1643 James Ferris b.1699 Sylvanus Ferris CT > NY b.1737 Henry Ferris CT > NY b.1763 Thacher Isaac Ferris NY b.1787 Henry Hayes Ferris NY > MI b.1810 That will give you an idea of my lineage.....what I REALLY am looking for is the father of Jeffrey (Richard????) and any connection before 1610. Also, different spellings of the surname from de Ferrers, Farris, etc. Any help would be appreciated. Norm Trail Tree Village 175 N. Michigan Ave., #127 Coldwater, MI 49036 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ 1705347 E-Mail: nvance@cbpu.com AOL IM: norm1231 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surnames: VANCE-STEELE-BLANCHARD-FERRIS-ADAMS TERPENING-DUNTON-DOWNS-DONBROCK-PAUL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE**: All my Family Trees are NOW LISTED in my homepage. Homepage URL: http://members.tripod.com/~nvance/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 10 Michigan Counties Index: Michigan USGenWeb Project pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5666/index.html *****************************************************************