Many thanks for the suggestion. Spelling variants can be a nightmare. I have even come across variants of the spelling of Harris. Many thanks Sharon -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan Wyatt Sent: 16 August 2011 00:17 To: OXFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Harris and Burrin families Message: 4 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:18:57 +0100 From: "Sharon Kirk" <sharon.kirk4@btinternet.com> Subject: [OXF] Harris and Burrin families Cowley To: <OXFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000001cc5b88$90666010$b1332030$@btinternet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Everyone, I have reached a total impasse with my family research into the HARRIS & BURRIN families of Cowley & Beckley Oxfordshire. I myself was a Harris (born in London) & I have been searching for over 10 years to discover where my Great Great Grandfather was born. REPLY Sharon, I can’t help directly but I wonder whether Burrin is a variation on the name of BURREN, which crops up in my tree in Charlton on Otmoor in the mid 1600’s. Knowing how many variations there are in the records for both the family names I am particularly interested in, Wyatt and Luing, you might find you could make progress by checking out variations of both names. In the parish registers for Charlton there are Burrin, Burren, Buran births, deaths and marriages dating from 1628 up to 1721. From there the family disappears from the records I have, but the 1841 census records may help to pin them down. Good luck Alan Wyatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS "Wills Library" : Can you submit any wills, please? http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message