WELCOME!  Thanks for visiting.  The Burgess family is a huge family with branches all 
over Australia.  If you can help build this site:  Please email: CORRECTIONS, 
PICTURES & INFORMATION to:  peter.burgess@hotmail.com.  
Compiling the Burgess history has been a very long project. For their 
valuable research assistance, a special thanks  is owed to -
*Val Pearce (GGG Grand-daughter of Robert Burges & G Grand-daughter of Annie Maria 
Burgess)
*Joy Turner, (GG Grand-daughter of Robert Burges & Grand-daughter of David Arthur 
Burgess)
*Karen Fox, (GGG Grand-daughter of Robert Burges & GG Grand-daughter of Annie Burgess)
*David Gallagher, (GG Grand-son of Robert Burges & Grand-son of Thomas Burgess).
The Burgess website attempts to give a history of all the descendants of 
the first Burges,a nailer/blacksmith and later gold miner, who migrated to 
Australia from Calton, Glasgow in 1838. 
 A detailed biography of his life has been published in the book, "He brought us 
here. A history of the Burgess Family in Australia" (IBSN No. 0-646-42632-X).  
Copies of this book are still available. (Contact: peter.burgess@hotmail.com)