This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: drh2u Surnames: ROSS, BURNS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.colbert/794.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Butch, Thanks so much for your help. Don't know what maps you are reviewing, but I found a definitive reference to Ross Chapel at the website: http://www.topozone.com/states/Alabama.asp?county=Colbert Scrolling down that page it refers to Ross Chapel (historical), and it gives the latitude (34.852 N) and longitude (87.964 W). Scrolling back up that page to Burnstown Cemetery, it shows a latitude (34.852 N) and longitude (87.963 W). That would indicate an immediate adjacency for the two... I suspect it was a church/cemetery site with the church no longer in existence. The Ross Family and the Burns families were linked by several marriages in the 1800's, so that may account for the connection. Unless you have maps other than those of topozone.com, it is unlikely you will find anything differently. Accepting that the church/chapel does not physically exist today but the cemetery has been surveyed: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemeteries/burnstown.txt The question becomes the source for the reference "historic". What History??? I will post to the Burns and the Ross Surname Boards to expand my query. Again, Thanks so much. Dave drh2u@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.