On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 [email protected] wrote: > Paddy and others, > > If you think that your Maryland Burns might actually be Barnes/Barns, > I would recommend contacting Robert Barnes. He has published several > books on MD genealogy and, of course, is a Barnes. I'm guessing that > you can contact him at [email protected] or (410)260-6410. > If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll track him down for you. > Hi Peter, No I do not believe it is Barnes; in fact I will say I 100% believe it is not. Today I searched what limited resources I could at the FHC and found the following: BURNS, Mary 1794 Lake Erie Upper Canada Land Petitions B1/56 and in Public Records and Archives of Ontario, 1929, pg. 67 "7 June 1794 - Burns, Mary: Petition for 200 acres of land in the Township of Sugarloaf East. Ordered that the Surveyor General be directed to assign the same." The Sugarloaf Settlement was on Lake Erie and was also where Moses NEVILL, John NEVILL, and Hannah MITCHELL, their mother-in-law, all received grants of land. Hannah MITCHELL also died in that settlement. I feel quite confident that the above mentioned Mary BURNS is the same person who accompanied the Nevill & Welsh party to Canada. I will now have to look at the original land petition and the land records for the property to see what I can learn. Thanks for the Barnes info. above. I will file it as a just in case measure. I truly appreciate your help Peter, thank you. Paddy