Hello to all Burch-researchers. My Burch family are proving difficult to trace. I am hoping the some one of you will be able to help me. My Greatgrandma ROSE LEE BURCH's father's name was WILLIAM BURCH. He was born abt. 1864. Her mother was a JENNIE ROBERTS born abt. the same year. WILLIAM BURCH'S mother was a LEANNA F. BURCH born about 1844. LEANNA was known by the name HARTLESS as a child and by 1870 was using the BURCH name. She had three BURCH boys by this time, William being the oldest. In 1881 LEANNA used the HARTLESS name when she married a BEVERLY. I assumed that she had first been married to a BURCH - but was unable to uncover a marriage record for her in Amherst or any of the surrounding counties between 1860 and 1870. I have since learned that her mother "M. L. Hartless" or MARY LOUISE was a BURCH when Leanna was born and then in 1855 married a BENJAMIN HARTLESS. MARY LOUISE was born about 1822 according to the census reports. Does anyone have a record of this MARY LOUISE BURCH? Would you know if she was born a BURCH or if she married first to a BURCH before she married BENJAMIN HARTLESS when she was already 33. I have found her on the Census reports for Amherst Co., VA as early as 1850. I understand that she died in Amherst Co., in about 1899. Thank you, Pam [email protected]