This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABB.2ACE/915.835.1396.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I'll try to make the connection, In the mean time, I'll e-mail you a compilation of the Fain line back to Mary Fain in 1740 Virginia with ties to Ireland in which the Fain line came here on a ship. I'm searching for the ship manifests relative to this. I suspect the Fain name was changed to avoid persecution. The original spelling was may have been Fainyance and was French but they migrated to Ireland and the name disappeared somewhere between 900-1350 AD. The name means "LAZY MAN" asend me you regular e-mail and I'll copy this file for you