Dear Glenn, Thank you for answering my query about whether or not PERRINE is a variation of the PYRON surname. From what you told me, I think there is an excellent chance that it is. I own a book titled "Daniel Perrin, The Huegenot, And His Descendants". It was written in 1910 by Howland Delano Perrine. He prefaces it with a little ancient family history and then proceeds to follow the lineage of Daniel Perrin's family in America. This book includes my great grandfather. Mr. Perrine felt that the family was in Normandy and later fled to one of the coastal islands, possibly Jersey. He said the family name appears as early as 1440 in old pedigree charts of families who lived on the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey which are part of the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. My 6 g grandfather, Daniel Perrin, came to America on the ship "Phillip" in 1665. Mr Perrine also states that variations of the name in this country are: Parain, Parayn, Pareyn, Parine, Parrin, Pering, Peroyne, and Perrin. I have read that many surnames have 50 or more different spellings; so I suspect the the list you sent me could very possibly be more variations. Do you know where the PYRON name is first documented in France? Also, do you know who your immigrant ancestor was and when he arrived in America? Sharon K. Newby newby@indy.net