Terri: There is one possible way to try and resolve your Farrow name, see if your library has a copy of Dr. George Black's book "The Surnames of Scotland" and look up both names. If not listed in this book I would say thats its 99% accurate, then you are German. This is a research book, so go to your head library. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: <tkfarrowwelker@wowway.com> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:16 PM Subject: [MDWASHIN] Losing my mind... > > I have always been told that my FARROW line was of English Descent. Then > a > ancestor's bio said Scots-Irish which made sense since a "Fighting John > Farrow" arrived in the colonies was Scotch Irish. But now... > > In Scharf's History of Western Maryland he states; > > His father (Nathaniel) and mother (Mary Mccall) were natives of Maryland, > and > were descended respectively from French and German ancestry...now I ask > you, > which name is French and which is German? > > McCall sounds Irish to me...what am I missing here? > > Also, I see several other errors in the passages, date of death for Nathan > is > 1860 as per his stone and death notice yet Scharf states it was 1859, and > it > states Mary is living with her son Henry Clay Farrow in Garrett City Ind > when > she never lived there...she was in Martinsburg WVA. > > Any help? > > Terri Farrow > OHIO > -- > WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Many Washington County families are online at the FamilyHart Database. > The url is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/ > > ============================== > OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx > > >