I do know that plural subjects require plural verbs. Please excuse the faux pas in my original message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francine G. Weeks" <fifi36@comcast.net> To: <BURNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: [BURNS] the Irish BURNS families? > My Burns ancestors, from Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, were originally BEIRNE(S), which was also spelled BERNE, BEIRN & BERN back in the old country. > I can only trace this family as far back as 1812, when my great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth BEIRNE, was married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Boyle. > When Elizabeth's son, Robert (my great-grandfather), married Mary LYNCH in Boston, MA in 1859, her maiden name appeared on his marriage certificate as Elizabeth BURNS. From that, I'm assuming that other Irish families with the surname BEIRNE also adopted the Americanized name of BURNS. > Does anyone know anything about this? > Fran Weeks > > > ============================== > 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 >