Hello Laurel , 

 Thank you for your advice ...de barra is my family name ,i also come from ireland like your self, and have been researching our family ancestry for the last thirty years , 
 i have extensive knowalage on the history and orgins of our name which has been past down from generation to generation. 

 I also hold a masters degree in liberal arts and history in fact i wrote my thesis on the' anglo saxons' 
 The changes i made were  to correct the spelling of the name only , 

 The name de Barry is incorrect .......it is' de Barra '.....  it is a french name and  the ' de'  means 'of ' , de barry dose not exist. 
 Barry is the anglicization of 'de barra' 
 Kind regards  
 Wendy