You might also try posting to http://www.genforum.com/burris/ The Surname GenForums are a marvelous tool for discovering people who lived during the 19th century when there were so many migrations. >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:01:39 -0600 >From: "Paul Rabe" <PAULR@mercury.blind.state.ia.us> >To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <D7D49B137E@mercury.blind.state.ia.us> >Subject: [OHFAIRFI-L] Anybody studying the Burris Line? > >I have recently received a copy of a letter written in 1963, giving me new >information on my family tree. Interestingly, three persons I had never >heard of have the last name of Burris. These are: > >John Burris, who married Catherine Rabe (she was born 1874 Sept 5) >Lee Burris, who married Sadie (probably also Sarah) Shull (born 1845 Jan 8) >Jesse Burris, who married Lewis/Louis Shull (born 1854 April 6); by 1898 >they were living in Columbus, Ohio. > >I regret I know nothing beyond the names of these people and the birth >dates of their spouses. Do we have any possible connections? Dave Crane Houston, Texas