Don't I wish! I have been working with two cousins but none of us know more than the fact that our gggg grandfather said on his naturalization papers he was born in Antrim. One of his five sons say they were born in Down and another - Antrim. We do not know about the other two. I am also on two Rootsweb mailing lists in Beaver and Butler Counties in western PA. but no one else seems to be researching this name. I have land records, wills, and nat. papers but I think their early arrival date - 1817 - is my main stumbling block. Years ago (1981/82) I visited PA for the first time and met many cousins. One had a huge album filled with Burnside pictures. I took several pictures but many did develop well. Now, I can not find the person who had the album. I am going to visit the area in a couple of weeks and intend to place an announcement in the local paper asking about it. Also want to get a maker for a Burnside school now long gone. Hopefully I can stir up someone who knows more than I do. Would be helpful if I knew more than one maiden name of all those sons and the father - but we don't. The one we do know is Gray and she appears to be a second wife. Linda -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [email protected] > I would recommend using the US Census data which are now at Ancestry.com > through 1930 > > If you can find your extended family in the US (assuming you are in the US), > your chances of finding a 4th or 5th cousin who has papers from the 1800s. > > I was able to find 4th cousins in two of my lines who had letters and/or > journals from the 1800s which served to pinpoint where their grandparents and/or > parents lived in Ireland. > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > Home. > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030 > 000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message