Thank you, Barbara, for doing the look-ups. The Ishee surname may have Japanese origins but the people who have this name are not orientals. They live mostly in Mississsippi and Ohio and are Caucasians. It makes me wonder about the metamorphosis of the name. You have confirmed what I thought Nix was about. I will pass that along to the Nix family. They weren't sure about their origins either. The people on this list are so nice. highly_unlikely From: LaChance <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Erdelyan, Ishee Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:04:02 -0800 Can't find the other two as given but did find: ISHII (Japanese) Stone, well. Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith Also found: \ NIX (German) Patronym of NI(C)K(O)LAUS, cognate of the English and Welsh form (NICHOLAS), from the given name. The name was popular among Christians throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. The name apparently originates from the Greek "Nikolaos", from 'nikan' (to conquer) + 'laos' (people). Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges Barbara Highly Unlikely wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to this list and and have been stumped as to the origins of the > surnames Erdelyan, Ishee and Nix. I lean toward a German ethnicity for Nix > but the other two are a complete mystery. Any help would be much > appreciated! > > Thanks, > > highly-unlikely > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com