938 documented Burns ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Scottish topographic name — one who lived by a 'burn' (a stream).
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 933 Burns records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, John, Mary, James and Helen.
Of the 937 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Martha J Burns, born 1845.
Real Burns family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.
Deceased Burns ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Scottish topographic name — one who lived by a 'burn' (a stream).
The documented line here reaches back to 1845. Most Burns lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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