I've been following the Poet discussion and I too was told by my Grandmother that we were related...haven't found the link yet either. Here are some websites with his family genealogy. Diana <A HREF="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jburness"> Click here: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Burness Genealogy</A> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jburness <A HREF="http://fox.nstn.ca/~jburness/">Click here: Burness Home Page</A> http://fox.nstn.ca/~jburness/ http://www.tartans.com/burns/burns-ancestors.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/r/John-G-Burness/index.html