This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zg.2ADI/622.1 Message Board Post: web address for land records I Am also working on Burnham family in McHenry. found mine under different spelling Burnam http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch go to Ill and just enter last name . land record for James L. Burnham 3/10/1843