Thanks, Terry, they did the same thing my family surname did - they just tweaked the spelling from time to time. Do you know of any other variations...or does anyone else have any? Janet On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Terry Phelan <Tphelan100@aol.com> wrote: > Jan, > Not a nickname but other variations: > Phelon > Phalen > Phalon > > > On Oct 3, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, There is a chance the Phelan's, in addition to using the >> variation Whelan, may also have used nicknames but I have never seen >> any. Has anyone run across a Phelan nickname? >> >> Janet
I have seen pretty much every phonic variation. It is my maiden name and so have had many years of daily experience! Filen, Felon, etc. ________________________________ From: Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> To: waterford@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [WATERFORD] Phelan/Whelan Thanks, Terry, they did the same thing my family surname did - they just tweaked the spelling from time to time. Do you know of any other variations...or does anyone else have any? Janet On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Terry Phelan <Tphelan100@aol.com> wrote: > Jan, > Not a nickname but other variations: > Phelon > Phalen > Phalon > > > On Oct 3, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, There is a chance the Phelan's, in addition to using the >> variation Whelan, may also have used nicknames but I have never seen >> any. Has anyone run across a Phelan nickname? >> >> Janet Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford ------------------------------------- The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check it out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ If you would like to take this site over, contact: Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message