This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/EgC.2ACE/3172.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi. I just saw your post. My grandfather lived in Smithfield, Ohio at the time of his death. He had relatives in the Wooster area. His oldest son was called Buddy by most of the people who knew him .My brother and I simply called him Uncle Bud. Might be a connection. I don't know.