Hi Wendy I'm descended from the Burn family in Devon, not known to me at any point linked with Burns from the north, but I am interested in the place name 'Simonburn' - I have been trying to trace the name and history of a 'Simon Burn', a man transported to Australia in the 1780's, guilty of highway robbery, who I believed to be from Devon. Maybe I was wrong ? Anybody up north know of this person ? I might add that I have a son Simon Burn who lives in Canada, who would also be interested in his namesake ! Regards, Mike Burn wendy@barlow92.fsnet.co.uk wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FlG.2ACEB/59 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi > Sarah Burn Married Thomas Elliott, 1831 Simonburn, Northumberland, any info on this family would be greatly appreciated, please email me :- wendy@barlow92.fsnet.co.uk > Regards > Wendy > > ==== BURN Mailing List ==== > This is FLAME free zone > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237