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From: Olaf <>
Subject: Burns
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 12:34:16 -0800


Hi Bev!
Indeed, I believe you have a major problem and I am not very optimistic that
you will find her.
There is an aspect not covered. There were a fair number of Scots who
settled in Norway as traders or employees of such traders, They usually
settled in larger coastal cities like Bergen (notably), Stavanger, Haugesund
and probably less likely in Oslo (Christiania), Kristiansand and Trondheim.
Some of them remained but I have no doubt that some returned home. It would
be tedious, but one could search for Burns in those cities in the 1801
census.
Immigration records are virtually non-existent before the great migrations
to America in the 19th Century.
Olaf


Hi again Olaf. I am really struggling in the dark here. My grand mother
Harriet Henson was born in Northampton, England about 1857. Her father was
John Henson. My older sister told me that our mother told her Harriet's
mother's name was Harriet Burns and that she was born in Norway. I think
the Burns family originated in Scotland, but, for right now I would be glad
to find a way to research Norway. The only thing I can think of is to find
a marriage between some guy named Burns and a lady named Harriet. Almost
comical isn't it. Personally I don't think I have a tinkers chance but have
to at least try.
I was hoping maybe there would be some immigration records I could check.
Bev.


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