One more thing John, If you send me names and dates of the Burns guys who moved to NY. I will look in the City directories the next time I go up to the LDS library. They may have moved to Buffalo. After all we are well known for our Buffalo Winter's they may have been doing penance for something. Blessings, Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Sue Burns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:55 PM Subject: [BURNS-L] William Burns ??? > Hello list, > Sorry to have made my subject matter so vague, this is simply a wild shot, > but I have to try. > My g-g-g-g-grandfather was John Burns, born 1780, place unknown. He was > living in Bucks County, Pa. around 1808 until at least 1813. His wife was > Elizabeth, last name unknown. There first son was named William, and it is > my hope that Johns' father was also named William, however this is only a > guess. I have no idea where John was born, maybe Bucks County, maybe not. > Anyway, if anyone has a William Burns in there records with a son named John > who may have been in Bucks County around the 1810 time era, I would > appreciate hearing from you. Also there was a Jesse Burns in Bucks County at > the same time, and they may have been related in some manner. Jesse took his > family into N.Y. State shortly after this time and John took his into > Crawford County, Pa. The two lines appear to have met again in McKean > County, Pa. around 1890, when my g-g-grandfather resided with an Andrew > Burns who had came from the N.Y. area Jesse had taken his family to. > > Thank You for your time, > Like I said before, it's only a shot in the dark but I had to try. > > John Burns > > > ==== BURNS Mailing List ==== > Your contributions to RootsWeb helps make BURNS-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >