Posted on: Harrison Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Harrison/894 Surname: ------------------------- Sidney, If you look at a map of where the name Harrisons are distributed in the U. S. You will find two things. 1. We are widely distributed throughout the U.S. 2. We are more heavily represented in the southeastern states of the US. My suggestion is to find a good genealogy library look for a copy of SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL. Basically that book traces the Harrisons and allied families around Harrisonburg, Va. That, in turn, gets a little complicated in that about three to five different families of Harrisons came into that area and spread from there into the southeastern states as well as Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and points west. The book does a pretty good job of unraveling all that. However, it is possible you are not from any of those families. I would also exhaust all the info here in the Harrison Repository as well as looking up the nearest genealogy library at the Church of Latter Day Saints. Stay in touch. We are a huge family. My best guess is that we are practically all kin although often at some great distance. After all some say our name goes so far back that it means The Son of the Arrowmaker and that we probably came into northeast England as vikings by about 1050; as we had a tendency to breed like rabbits there are a lot of us. Seriously, some of the professionals I have read say our families, when traced back, have a tendency to implode on northeast England. Ron H.