Other derivations of the name Burns include the Muinter Birn of Ulster, the O'Conboirne of Erris, and of course the Leinster O'Byrne clan. Also, in Sligo many people named Bourne or Bournes changed spelling to Burns. And we musn't forget the many Scot-Irish Burns who, like the poet, were originally named Burness. > [Original Message] > From: Francine G. Weeks <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/22/00 6:09:20 PM > Subject: [BURNS-L] Burns surname origins > > Has any other Irish-American researching the BURNS surname > discovered that the name was originally BERN or BEIRN or BEIRNE or > O'BEIRNE in the early 1800s back in Ireland? These spelling variations > of the same surname were apparently very common back in the Emerald > Isle, when so few people could read and write, and almost no one could > spell. It certainly raises havoc with genealogists; at least it did > with this one. > Fran Weeks > > > ==== BURNS Mailing List ==== > Aren't you glad you're a supporter of Rootsweb? > Don't we wish everyone could be one too! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free record at RootsWeb > http://search.rootsweb.com/ > --- Paul Burns --- [email protected] --- .