This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7DA98D1260232FA05F03443C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Debra, I'm going to jump in here and add some comments. There seems to be two/three "main" Starr lines. One is the Comfort Starr mentioned by Connie. Another is the Stoehr (Starr) line from Germany and then there is the "Lost Starrs" as I like to call them. I guess they are not really a "line" but.... If you can give us some dates and some names we can help you. WVA wasn't necessarily WVA back then by the way. Think of the land mass -- WVA, VA, even TN, OH, PA, etc as being one huge "state" for lack of a better word. The more information you can give, the better we can help you. OK? Well, I've added my two cents worth... I hope you stick around with the Starr-L group here -- you just might find something that connects. di Connie D Bishop wrote: > Hi Debra, > My Starr line is from England, but I don't know the origin of the name > either. However, "Early Starrs in Kent and New England by Hosea Starr > Ballou 1944, says on page 7, "There is a tradition that originally the > Starr family came from Flanders and was identified with the weaving > industry, brought to County Kent about 1331, in the time of Edward III." > > There were Starr's in other counties in England that do not seem to connect > to those in Kent and the name is found spelled various ways including Star > and Starre. > > I descend from Dr Comfort Starr, a line that seems to have been well > documented. However, because of that, I haven't spent much time working on > it. I would love to see someone put that line in an online database that > would allow descendants to send in information on their branches. If this > has already been done, I haven't stumbled onto the site so far, and hope > someone will point me that way so I can add my info. (I won't volunteer > cause I love the research but not the data entry <G>). > > Anyway, hope you find your WV bunch, post what information you do have and > maybe someone will recognize something. Or have access to records that would > help. And maybe some of Comforts descendants went that way...you never > know. > Good luck, > Connie Starr Bishop in NM > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Starr" <starr@waveone.net> > To: <STARR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:40 PM > > > Hello my name is Debra Starr, my Starr family are from West Virginia, > around > > Logan. I do not that much info on the Starr line. Are there any of you > > Starr's out there might be able to help me, or are possibly from West > > Virginia? I really want to find out my back ground. I don't even know > what > > the Starr name means. Or the orgin of it. My father says that we have > > Indiana in us, and that's where the Starr name comes from, but I can't > find > > any trace of Indian Hertiage in my line. I would really appreciate any > help > > that any one could offer. Thank you much. > > Sincerely, > > Debra Starr of Indiana > > > > > > --------------7DA98D1260232FA05F03443C Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="razzberri.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Diana Starr Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="razzberri.vcf" begin:vcard n:Cloutier;Diana Starr x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:razzberri@earthlink.net x-mozilla-cpt:;1 fn:Diana Starr Cloutier end:vcard --------------7DA98D1260232FA05F03443C--