Sometimes I  find myself walking into a room where people have already been talking, and I haven't yet made myself aware of everything that has already been said before I say or do something. Everyone has probably been in that situation. Since I'm new here I suppose that is the situation. I have a number of Benjamin Harrises and a few Sarahs as well. There are Quakers and Baptists. However, I don't know how this fits anymore than I do the DNA connection between the Israel Harris line of Harrises and the Evan Harris line of Harrises. Where the Benoni Harris line fits in is something I don't know either, but there are some connections. It could be the two brothers who came across the ocean aboard a ship called the Vine from Liverpool; Hugh and Daniel Harris. Much is known about Hugh. However, the converse is true about Daniel and his descendants. I run across tons of information every day in my research and may run across what you are looking for accidentally or on purpose. I just need a brief update to give me an idea of location and time period. Sometimes I may run across totally useless information yet I find a research source that may be helpful to me or another. Please bring me up to speed on what you are looking for besides just the names and I'll see what I can find. Its sort of like fishing. It takes patience and determination; a bit of tenacity and resiliency helps because its sometimes frustrating. As I mentioned earlier, One of the family researchers is into her 90's and she has been working on this issue of who Evan Harris's parents were for her whole life. I understand Rufus Harris has passed away and he devoted an extraordinary amount of his time and effort to this He left good footsteps to follow. There are more than one other persons who are old enough to be my mother who actively work on this project too; and, I'm in my 60's. We may never know, but we won't stop trying to find out. Paul ________________________________ From: Lynda SoRelle <clsorelle@sbcglobal.net> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Wow! Suddenly this line is very busy! I think everyone's research, in the beginning (and sometimes for a long, long time), is messy and unclear. Only through those little clues, tantalizing questions, and shared information does our research begin to take form. I encourage people to post their little bits of information; maybe it will help someone who has yet to figure out their Harris lines. Maybe, through these little tidbits, they can begin to form their research into a cohesive, well-researched, clearly written thesis. Or, maybe it won't help at all. Not all of us can be scholars. All of the information that has been posted lately has not helped me in my own personal Harris research, but I have read it all, looking for that little clue. Thank you to all who post their information, even if it is not a thesis. Thank you also to those who do post their 'thesis'. It helps us all, even if it isn't our own personal Harris family. Lynda SoRelle ________________________________ From: Pam Stone <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, June 14, 2012 9:09:15 PM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Wow!  Suddenly this line is very busy! Hi, all, I have been previously-posting the line of Benjamin Harris (ca. 1698-1762), who married Sarah Dumas and whom I believe to have been the son of  William & Temperance Overton Harris, and whom I believe was a brother of my Robert (ca. 1696-1765), who married Mourning Glenn (probably the daughter of John Glenn of St. Paul's Parish?) Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris were Quakers. I told everyone that I needed to take a break and gather more evidence to prove the line of Ben & Sarah further on down this particular line. Suddenly, there is an absolute storm of information regarding MANY different Harris lines, and none of them appear to have any close relationship to the lines of either my Robert or his brother Benjamin (as far as I can tell...) So I believe that I will be taking a break from this family research, as I think my documentation may get lost in all this messy and very unclear Harris family research. When I do have new research on the line of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris and their descendants, perhaps I will post it. What has happened to this country, that the entire public seems to now have such a very short  attention span? I think that this is the result of the Internet: too much information, too fast, constantly- bombarding us all. Our population is getting less-intelligent very quickly. As a Librarian, I see this truth every day. 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