"am looking for anyone that can tell me about the last name TERRIEN thank you." It's French. Could be spelled Ther(r)ien or Therrian - it's pronounced the same way with no "h" sound. Rootsweb has 1,058 matches for Therrien; 105 matches for Therrian and 340 matches for Terrien using their "SearchThingy" engine: http://sitesearch.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search Try the New England states; they all have large ethnic French and French-Canadian populations. The New Hampshire border welcome sign is in French and English. Also try Louisiana and Canada - the northeast provinces (Nova Scotia, etc.) and Quebec. Linda Bee