Good Evening, Concerning the supposed change of the Guthrie name to Lahiff in Ireland. This sounds like a statement that has been passed along for so long that it has the ring of truth, when it fact it is made up out of thin air. Ever heard the statement "finer than a frog hair split down the middle?" Pretty thin. The book mentioned evidently states that the ancient name of Lahiff was modernized to Guthrie while the rumor states that the name Guthire was changed to Lahiff when the Guthrie in quesiton went to Ireland. The name of Lahiff may be ancient but there are still a lot of folks using it. I searched for Lahiff using Google.com and found no mention of the name Guthrie. Lots of variants but no Guthrie or anything close. Does anyone have a record of either of the above actually happening? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By the way, I'm Larry Guthrie and I would like any information anyone might have about coastal Virginia Guthrie's prior to 1700. I have several study files on these folks that I will send to anyone that will read them and comment. Beware they are heavy reading, there are lots of twists and turns and I'm not the best writer in the world. Larry lguthrie@brightok.net