This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DIB.2ACE/221.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sandra: I am a bit confused. >>How is your Edward O Burnett related?? THE FURTHEST BURNETT BACK THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE IS JOHN BURNETT (1785-1865) WHO LIVED IN OSWEGO CO., NY AND DIED IN JACKSON CO., WI. HIS SON WAS JOSEPH I. BURNETT (1823-1863) BORN IN OTISCO, NY AND DIED IN JACKSON CO., WI HIS SON WAS EDWARD O. BURNETT (1847-1908) BORN IN OSWEGO CO., NY AND DIED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. HE IS OUR PROGENITOR. >> John Burnett, his wife was: John's father was John Burnett also, his wife was: Lucy Bennet, John's father was Thomas Burnett, his wife was Mary. Will have to get back to you on what part of NY they were from THIS PART I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.