Listers -- In response to the post on 30 July by Alison <the.jacksons1@sympatico.ca> re: surnames PRASHA, PRESHO, PRASHER, possibly Huguenot and possibly originating with Flemish weaver family in Lisburn, IRL. Alison, you didn't mention dates so there is info as to how far back you have researched. The IGI (International Genealogical Index) on the LDS web site (www.familysearch.org) sometimes provides clues for a search such as this one so it's always worth a try (although one must keep in mind that the IGI is only an index -- ie. a secondary source -- with gaps, omissions and errors). In this case, a lot of PRASHER names came up in the British Isles. The vast majority were in Scotland, one or two in Ireland (eg. Lisburn) but almost all of them were in the last half of the 1800's, much too late to prove Huguenot ancestry. The variants given were PREUSSER, PRESSER, PREISER, PRICER, PRIZER, PRISER, etc. There was one PRESSER in 1647 in Devon. I also noticed that, in the case of those listed in Europe, the location mentioned was Germany. The spelling variants in these cases were PREUSSER, PREISER, I think. All this neither proves nor disproves Huguenot ancestry. But it *may* indicate that the name originated in Germany as something like PREUSSER or PREISER, then moved on to Scotland where it *possibly* became PRASHER, and then to Ireland. There was a lot of to-and- fro movement of people between Scotland and Ireland, although I have no idea if this happened amongst Huguenot refugees as well. So, it appears inconclusive as to whether these surnames are Huguenot/Walloon in origin. Alison asked: Is this a Huguenot name? This is a natural question that pops up from time to time among listers. There's no easy, fast answer to it. For more on this subject, please see any of following posts in list archives, with these dates and subject lines: 13 Jan Huguenot name? 22 Feb A Huguenot name? 20 Apr Comments re: Huguenot connections 8 Jne Huguenot name or not? It might be worth joining an Irish mailing list (Lisburn area?) to see if anyone there can help. Also might be worth joining a Scottish list seeing as the name seems to have been prevalent there. Don't know if all this has helped -- hope so. In the meantime, keep fingers crossed and keep trying <g>. Andrea