This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ripley, Burns Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GkB.2ACI/987.1 Message Board Post: Just ran across your queries concerning the Ripley, Burns famlies of Titus, Bowie and other counties. Would like to compare notes with you. My husband is descended from Mary Ann [Polly] Ripley's half sister, Emilie Caroline Ripley. Patsy Hand