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I am keen to research Robbie Burns grandfather's brother's family. Not sure whether on the paternal or maternal side.....however the name MITCHELL is the link I am looking for from then, to date. Is this a tough one?

have you tried to Google the names ...................


it's quite possible that Robbie Burns family will be online somewhere.


but I would say that. yes, you've got a tough job ...................

Robbie Burns was born 1759, which means his grandfather was born around 1700 .......... and I gather that records are not that good in Scotland for that period.

This tree suggests both grandfathers had multiple siblings.
So it would be a long search from that point of view alone.

https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000004539248427

Such old records are patchy, and don't give much detail, so it's often impossible to know if, say, a married couple are the ones you're looking for or not, with often no parents' names given.

This is the website you need:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

It's not a subscription site - you'll have to buy credits - and for that reason the helpers here can only afford to give very limited help. They need their bought credits for their personal research.

Another Burns tree - just Google for them:

http://www.burness.ca/ld2.htm

Agnes Brown

mentioned in the record of Robert Burns

Name Agnes Brown
Gender Female
Husband William Burns
Son Robert Burns



Name Robert Burns
Gender Male
Christening Date 28 Jan 1759
Christening Place AYR,AYR,SCOTLAND
Birth Date 25 Jan 1759
Father's Name William Burns
Mother's Name Agnes Brown

Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

Isobel Burns



William Burns
Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

Annabella Burns



William Burns
Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

Gilbert Burns



William Burns
Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

John Burns



William Burns
Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

William Burns

William Burns
Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

Robert Burns



William Burnes
Father

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


spouse:

Agnes Brown


child:

Agnes Burnes

family search goes back to about 1670

could this be the Michel marriage to burns

Agnes Burns
Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910


marriage:

16 July 1718

, Kilwinning, Ayr, Scotland


father:

William Burns


spouse:

George Mitchel

FYI

For a parish by parish listing of what years existing old parish registers cover, see:
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/old-parish-registers/list-of-old-parish-registers

For an 1890s map showing parishes within a county, see:
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/

yes, you do indeed work backwards from him ................. but he is living, so should you have put his name on here?

It's very possibly already on the internet as this is NOT a safe site

Would he want his name spread all over?

I have removed his name....I respect what you say SylviainCanada....however he does know I am researching this.

My search continues into possible Robert Burns - mitchell connection with the marriage of Margaret Mitchell (nee Burness)
Children: James Mitchell Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Edith Mitchell.

I am given information Margaret Burness was descendant of Robert Burns brother.

is the marriage I gave of agnes burns to George Mitchel 1718 any connection

Only managed to obtain name of Margaret Burness at the moment from my relation (we think Margaret was descendant of Robert Burns brother) and children's names. I note there is a Burns Burness tree but do not know any other definite names as yet. I really appreciate any assistance. Thank you.

Elsie

Familysearch, the Mormon site, MIGHT be the place for you to start .................

it's free, and that is where malyon has been looking.

A list of all collections of records held by FamilySearch can be found on here .... jsut type Scotland in Search at the left

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list

They have ..............

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 9,413,964 records
Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910 2,058,163 records


In addition, you can look on their regular search site .........

https://familysearch.org/search/


the records can be trusted, but please be very careful if you look at member-submitted genealogies. I'm sure you are aware that many of those contain information made to fit known facts, whether true or not :-)


ArgyllGran has already suggested that you Google for Burns family trees .... and has indeed given you the link to a Burness tree.

Again, I would treat the information with caution until you are sure that it is documented.

If they are found by Googling, the odds are that you can access them for free .......... if not, then you can come back and ask if anyone has a subscription to the site concerned. The only that I know will be difficult is Scotland's People as that is a pay by credit site not a subscription site ........... and members do not usually have credits to spare.


Only you will know whether the information found on any of the sites I've mentioned fit with what you want to find out.

I am trying to understand why Robert Burns initially called himself Robert Burness? Can anyone enlighten me please

I could only do it by googling, and reading all that I could find on him ................ experts will have dug deeply into his family, and I'm sure that the answer will be online or in one of the books written about him.

I'm not sure that we have an expert on Rabbie Burns on here :-)

Spelling wasn't standardised, and many people were illiterate.
I know Robert Burns wasn't, but there could still have been several variations of the name.

My father's ancestors spelled their name (or had it spelled at the whim of census enumerators and registrars/parish clerks) in many different ways - lateral thinking required in tracing them!

Even the first name of one of them (Silas) was written as Silence in one census - misheard or mis-spelled by the enumerator.

Yes, I fully appreciate this. (My maiden name Northmore had many variations, Narramore, as one). Several years ago we had a Northmore-Narramore reunion in Plymouth Uk. I was amazed at the number of people who arrived from outside UK. Australia, New Zealand, USA.