This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burress, Burris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iBH.2ACIB/1015 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Joseph Burress born in Illinois in 1847 and married ine Arkansas in 1869. All of the records I have found have his name spelled Burress, but all of his children were spelled Burris. Does anyone know why the spelling change?