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

Hello to you John Burns, I do not know if we have communicared before BUT; I have a very poor copy of a will of someone who I believe to be my great great grandfather. His name was Patrick Burns. He immigrated from Belfast Ireland sometime in the early 1800s. I have immigration papers from Pottsville, Skuylkill Co that say he was age 25 in the year 1848 ( but I have no clue how long this man was there before he took out those papers) In that will he names a son Michael( that is the name of my great gandfather) he also names a daughter Mary Ann, a wife Ann AND a nephew John. Further I have a copy of the marriage papers of Michael Burns and Ellen Connelly, my great grandparents. They came from The Civil war rchives( Michaels pension papers) The folks who witnessed the marriage of Ellen &Michael were Mary Carroll and WILLIAM Burns soooooo! I have always wondered if William was the father of John, and if William were the brother of Patrick. Last week I sent "group sheets", copies of the marriage cert. ,Civil war records and a check to a professional genealogist in Pa. She is going to see whatever she can find about Michael, maybe I can learn more about the family. She said she expected that I would get info in about 6 weeks. I think what is now Schuylkill used to be Bucks Co. Do you have any knowledge of that? We live in Buffalo NY and I am fairly new to the computer so I am not too good at this. Any ideas I have all kinds of records on the children of Michael and Ellen. I will gladly share whatever I have or get with you if our folks turn out to be a match. I hope to hear from you. 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 >