There may be a connection between Bourassa (bu rah' sa), Borasaw (bur a saw'), and Buraseau (bur a sow') and other similarly pronounced surnames. Different clerks heard similar sounds with unique ears. Illiterates couldn't correct misspellings. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gpapa2134@hotmail.com> To: <MIMACKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: [MIMac] Re: Trying to Find out the orgin of Bourasa > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Bourassa > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/362.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Bourassa is a French name. The Mackinac Bourassas are decendants of Francois Bourassa, b. Abt. 1633 of St-Hilaire, De Loulay, Lucon or Poitou, France >