This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burney, Berney, Birney, Barney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/yAH.2ACIB/190 Message Board Post: I am looking for parents of Simon Birney born about 1772 in County Kildair, Ireland. He was married to Bridget (I don't know her maiden name). He had a son named Christopher Burney, born 4 Dec 1803 in County Kildair, who came to America and settled in Danvers, Massachusetts. Christopher married Nancy P. Smith of New Hampshire in 1841 in Massachusetts. According to vital records, Christopher and Nancy had nine children - one of which is my great grandfather (Thomas Simon Birney).